SC 297 was commissioned on 13 April 1918 at Puget Sound, and was assigned to the Second Naval District during the war.

Photo Credits:

Wartime photographs of submarine chaser SC 297, courtesy of Thomas Parks, son of crewman James Everett Parks.

Photograph of SC 297 after the war, as MAYO, is from Memorias de Marina 1821 - 1991 - Buques de la Armada de Mexico, Tomo II. Thanks to Saul Flores for sending the link to The Subchaser Archives.
 

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