The Subchaser Archives is a naval history collection devoted to the 110' submarine chasers of the Great War and the men who served on them, primarily covering 1917 to 1919.

As Editor of the Subchaser Archives, my mission is to find the missing pieces, to fill in the story, and to provide a foundation for the long-term study and preservation of the history of the WWI …

Plans, profiles, photo sets and crew information, roughly organized by chaser number Statistics: Facts and Figures on WWI Subchasers Subchaser Deck Plan and Inboard Profile Chaser …

Vol. 21 No. 3, March 2025 For March, here's a moment-in-time shot, a subchaser crewman in the middle of throwing a line. This might be SC 227. It's one of many chaser photos in the …

The United States submarine chasers are wooden vessels, 110 feet long, supported by steel bulkheads and one fore and aft steel beam. Starting from the bow aft, they are divided into a …

Scanned images, transcriptions and digital photographs of original, primary source documents pertaining to WWI submarine chasers. Tactics: Hunt and attack methods Chaser Camouflage …

Subchaser.org Editor's note: Scans of the document Instructions and Doctrine for Sub Chaser Detachment On are available in the Document Archives section. As German U-boats came on …

The U.S. Navy intends to devote all of its resources in military and private shipyards in the construction of destroyers. It is true that many US Navy officers felt that a subchaser with …

For March, here's a moment-in-time shot, a subchaser crewman in the middle of throwing a line. This might be SC 227. It's one of many chaser photos in the collection of George Perley …

First set: Howard Serlick submitted a set of cleaned-up scans of lines drawings of the WWI-era submarine chaser. These are based on lines drawings in the collection of the National …