Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
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Chelan (HMS Lulworth 41 - 46) |
1928 - 1941 | Never Recommissioned after return from UK | |||
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Mendota (HMS Culver 41 - 42) |
1928 - 1941 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH | ||
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Ponchartrain (HMS Hartland 41 - 42) |
1928 - 1941 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH | ||
USCGC | Tahoe (later HMS Fishguard 41 - 46) | 1928 - 1941 | Never Recommissioned after return from UK | CGH | ||
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Champlain (HMS Sennen 41 - 46) |
WPG | 319 | 1929 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Itasca (HMS Gorleston 41 - 46) |
WPG | 321 | 1930 - 1950 | CGH | |
USCGC | Saranac (HMS Banff (41 - 46)) (later Sebec) (later Tampa) |
WPG | 164 | 1930 - 1954 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sebec (HMS Banff 41 - 46) (former Saranac) (later Tampa) |
WPG | 164 | 1930 - 1954 | CGH | |
USCGC | Tampa (former Saranac) (HMS Banff 41 - 46) (former Sebek) |
WPG | 164 | 1930 - 1954 | CGH | |
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Sebago (later HMS Walney 41 - 42) |
1930 - 1941 | Sunk while in UK service | CGH | ||
USCGC | Shoshone (later Landguard 41 - 46) | 1931 - 1941 |
Damaged while in UK service Never returned to the US Only one that survived the war and did not return to US |
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Cayuga (HMS Totland 41 - 46) (later Mocoma) |
WPG | 163 | 1932 - 1950 | CGH | |
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Mocoma (former Cayuga) (HMS Totland 41 - 46) |
WPG | 163 | 1932 - 1950 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Bibb (former George M. Bibb) |
WPG/WAGC | 31 | 1937 - 1985 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Norfolk 1939: Nuetrallity/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII Typical post-war dutues - OWS 14 October 1947: Ocean Station Charlie off Greenland Bermuda Sky Queen, a Boeing 314 Flying Boat, was forced to ditch late at night 30 foot waves prevented a rescue attempt until the next morning All 62 passengers safely evacuated on 15 October Unable to safely tow the aircraft, Bibb sank it with gunfire Deployed to Vietnam Sunk as a reef off Florida |
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USCGC | Campbell (former George W. Campbell) |
WPG/WAGC | 32 | 1936 - 1982 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Stapleton, New York 2 October 1939: performed the first Nuetrality Patrol 1941: used as a test bed to see if 327s could serve as convoy escorts Convoy duty and amphibiou command ship in WWII 22 February 1943: Rammed and sank U-606 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Crowned as first official Queen of the Fleet in mid 1970s Sunk as a reef off Hawaii |
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USCGC | Duane (former William J. Duane) |
WPG/WAGC | 33 | 1936 - 1985 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Oakland 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 17 April 1943: assisted CGC Spencer in sinking U-175 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Queen of the Fleet from 1982 to 1985 Sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida |
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USCGC | Alexander Hamilton | WPG | 34 | 1936 - 1942 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Oakland Bering Sea Patrol 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty in WWII 29 January 1942: sunk by U-132 25 crewmen killed |
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USCGC | Ingham (former Samuel D. Ingham) |
WPG/WAGC | 35 | 1936 - 1988 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Pory Angeles, Washington 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 17 December 1942: sank U-626 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam Queen of the Fleet from 1985 to 1988 Retired as the most decorated cutter in the Coast Guard Fleet Only cutter to be awarded two Presidential Unit Citations Currently centerpiece of the Ingham Memorial Museum in Key West, Florida |
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USCGC | Spencer (former John C. Spencer) |
WPG/WAGC | 36 | 1937 - 1980 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Cordova, Alaska 1939: Neutrality/Greenland/OWS Patrols Convoy duty and amphibious command ship in WWII 21 February 1943: Sank either U-225 or (more likely) U-529 Typical post-war duties - OWS Deployed to Vietnam First of the 327s to be decommissioned in 1974 Served as an Engineering Training School until scrapped in 1980 |
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USCGC | Taney (former Roger B. Taney) |
WPG/WAGC | 37 | 1936 - 1986 | Built in Philadelphia and stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii One of the first ships to return fire during the 7 December 1941 attack Defended the Honolulu Power Plant The only 327 not deployed in the North Atlantic convoy run Patrolled in the Pacific until 1943 1943: The only 327 to mount 4 5"/38 guns Joined the Mediteranean convoy run Typical post-war duties - OWS Deplyed to both Korea and Vietnam 1977: Last Coast Guard Cutter on OWS when Station Hotel was discontinued Decommissioned on 7 December 1986 Museum ship in Baltimore |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Gresham | WPG | 85 | 1897 - 1944 |
Gresham had been sold for scrap in 1935 Reacquired in 1943 due to wartime needs Assigned to EASTSEAFRON Decommsissioned permanently on 7 April 1944 |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Unalga | WPG | 53 | 1912 - 1945 |
Unalga survived WWI and had a long Coast Guard career Assigned to the Caribbean Theater in WWII Fought through WWII doing ASW patrols Finally decommissioned in 1945 |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Tallapoosa | WPG | 52 | 1915 - 1945 |
Classified a WPG in WWII Her sister was classified a WPR |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Ossipee | WPR | 50 | 1915 - 1945 |
Classified a WPR in WWII Her sister was classified a WPG |
CGH NS |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Active | WPC | 125 | 1927 - 1963 | ||
USCGC | Agassiz | WPC/WMEC | 126 | 1927 - 1969 | CGH | |
USCGC | Alert | WPC/WMEC | 127 | 1927 - 1969 | CGH | |
USCGC | Bedloe | WPC | 128 | 1927 - 1944 | Lost in storm | CGP |
USCGC | Bonham | WPC | 129 | 1926 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Boutwell | WPC | 130 | 1927 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | Cahoone | WPC/WMEC | 131 | 1927 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Cartigan | WPC/WMEC | 132 | 1927 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Colfax | WPC | 133 | 1927 - 1954 | ||
USCGC | Crawford | WPC | 134 | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Diligence | WPC | 135 | 1927 - 1961 | ||
USCGC | Dix | WPC | 136 | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Ewing | WPC/WMEC | 137 | 1927 - 1969 | ||
USCGC | Faunce | WPC | 138 | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Frederck Lee | WPC | 139 | 1927 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | General Greene | WPC/WMEC | 140 | 1927 - 1968 | Sold off - later seized by CG smuggling drugs |
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USCGC | Harriet Lane | WPC | 141 | 1927 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Jackson | WPC | 142 | 1927 - 1944 | Lost in a storm | CGP |
USCGC | Kimball | WPC/WMEC | 143 | 1927 - 1968 | ||
USCGC | Legare | WPC/WMEC | 144 | 1927 - 1968 | ||
USCGC | Marion | WPC | 145 | 1927 - 1962 | ||
USCGC | McLane | WPC | 146 | 1927 - 1968 | Sank RO-32 on 9 July 1942 | |
USCGC | Morris | WPC | 147 | 1927 - 1970 | To Sea Scout Program | |
USCGC | Nemaha | WPC | 148 | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Pulaski | WPC | 149 | 1927 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Reliance | WPC | 150 | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Rush | WPC | 151 | 1927 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tiger | WPC | 152 | 1927 - 1947 | CGH | |
USCGC | Travis | WPC | 153 | 1927 - 1962 | ||
USCGC | Vigilant | WPC | 154 | 1927 - 1956 | ||
USCGC | Woodbury | WPC | 155 | 1927 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Yeaton | WPC/WMEC | 156 | 1927 - 1969 | ||
USCGC | Cuyahoga | WPC/WMEC | 157 | 1927 - 1978 | Typical operations until 1957 1957 to 1959: OCS training cutter in New london 1959: Trasnferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter 20 October 1978: Lost in collision with MV Santa Cruz II |
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USCGC | Electra | WPC | 187 | 1934 - 1936 | 1936 - Decommissioned 1936 - 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) - President Roosevelt's yacht 1945 - Recommissioned as CGC Electra 1946 - Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission 1960 - Privately owned 1980 - Siezed as a drug runner Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Argo | WPC | 100 | 1933 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Ariadne | WPC/WMEC | 101 | 1934 - 1969 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Atalanta | WPC | 102 | 1934 - 1950 | ||
USCGC | Aurora | WPC/WMEC | 103 | 1931 - 1968 | CGH | |
USCGC | Calypso | WPC | 104 | 1942 - 1947 | Link | |
USCGC | Cyane | WPC | 105 | 1934 - 1950 | CGH | |
USCGC | Daphne | WPC | 106 | 1934 - 1946 | ||
USCGC | Dione | WPC | 107 | 1934 - 1963 | CGH | |
USCGC | Galatea | WPC | 108 | 1933 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Hermes | WPC | 109 | 1932 - 1948 | ||
USCGC | Icarus | WPC | 110 | 1932 - 1946 | Sank U-352 - To Dominican Republic | CGH |
USCGC | Nemesis | WPC | 111 | 1934 - 1964 | Wiki | |
USCGC | Nike | WPC | 112 | 1934 - 1964 | ||
USCGC | Pandora | WPC | 113 | 1934 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Perseus | WPC | 114 | 1932 - 1959 | ||
USCGC | Thetis | WPC | 115 | 1931 - 1947 | Sank U-157 | |
USCGC | Triton | WPC/WMEC | 116 | 1934 - 1967 | ||
USCGC | Electra | WPC | 187 | 1934 - 1936 | 1936 - Decommissioned 1936 - 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) - President Roosevelt's yacht 1945 - Recommissioned as CGC Electra 1946 - Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission 1960 - Privately owned 1980 - Siezed as a drug runner Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USS/USCGC | Nourmahal | WPG | 72 | 1940 - 1946 | William Vincent Astor's personal yacht Voluntaruily turned over to the Coast Guard in 1940 Transferred to the Navy in 1943 with Coast Guard crew Transferred back to Coast Guard in 1944 Served as OWS vessel, Flagship of EASTSEAFRON and as a harbor tow vessel at Coast Guard Yard Returned to Astor in 1946 |
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USCGC | Mayflower (ex USS Butte) |
WPG | 183 | 1943 - 1946 | Built in 1896 as a luxury yacht for Ogden Goelet and named for him Acquired by the Navy in 1898 as USS Mayflower Served in the Spanish America War Served as Commodore Dewey's Flagship in the Asiatic Fleet Served as Presidential yacht from 1906 to 1929< Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War was negotiated on board Decommissioned by Hoover as an economic savings Series of commercial owners through the Great Depression Acquired by the Navy in 1942 as USS Butte Recommissioned CGC Mayflower in 1943 EASTSEAFRON Involved in smuggling Jews into Israel in 1948 Ultimate fate unknown/td> | NS |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Un-named | WPB |
83300 83530 |
1940 - 1963 |
Great info on and pictures of 83 footers can be found at this Link and at this Link |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Boone | WPC | 335 | 1943 - 1945 | CARIBSEAFRON | |
USCGC | Blaze | WPC | 336 | 1943 - 1945 | CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Bowstring | WPC | 365 | 1943 - 1945 | CARIBSEAFRON | |
USCGC | Bellville | WPC | 372 | 1943 - 1945 | CARIBSEAFRON |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGC | Kodiak | WYP | 173 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Whaler Alaska |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGC | Bedford 164' | WYPc | 346 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Sailing Yacht CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Blackstone | WPYc | 1942 - Unk | CARIBSEAFRON | ||
USCGC | Blanchard | WYPc | 369 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Sailing Yacht CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Blanco | WYPc | 343 | 1942 - 1945 | Patrol Schooner CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Boulder | WYPc | 352 | 1942 - Unk | Unknown | |
USCGC | Gertrude L. Thebaud | WYPc | 386 | 1942 - 1945 |
EASTSEAFRON Financed by Louis Thebaud and named for his wife Built in Gloucester, MA in 1930 Last if the Glouster-built Grand Banks fishing schooners Designed and built to capture the International Fisherman's Trophy from the Nova Scotian fleet 1931: Lost two straigt races to the Canadian schooner Bluenose 1933: Carried a delgation to Washngton on behahalf of the fishng industry FDR toured the ship at that time 1933: Part of the Chicago World's Fair 1937: Part of the Donald McMillan Arctic Expedition to Frobisher Bay 1938 (last year of the competition): Lost 3 out of 5 races to Bluenose Served the Coast Guard in WWII 20 May 1945: Left Gloucester for the Caribbean trade February 1948: Driven onto a breakwater in Venezuela and broke up |
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USCGC | Globe Eight | WYP | 380 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Holy Cross (later USS Kite) |
WYP | 1942 - 1942 | Patrol Yacht Saw no CG service in 5 months as USCGC |
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USCGC | Globe Eight | WYP | 380 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Holy Cross (later USS Kite) |
WYP | 1942 - 1942 | Patrol Yacht Saw no CG service in 5 months as USCGC |
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USCGC | Micawber 110' | WYPc | 159 | 1942 - 1945 | Patrol Yacht GULFSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Pilgrim | WYP | 1942 - Unk | Unknown | ||
USCGC | Thorgaut | WYP | 377 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Wicomico | WYPc | 158 | 1942 - 1945 | Patrol Yacht CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Globe | WYP | 381 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Kodiak | WYP | 173 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Whaler Alaska |
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USCGC | Madalan | WYPc | 345 | 1943 - 1945 | Patrol Brigantine EASTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Ottern | WYP | 379 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Thalassa | WYPc | 348 | 1943 - Unk | Unknown | |
USCGC | Thorfinn | WYP | 383 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Thorfjell | WYP | 384 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Thoris | WYP | 378 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler WESTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Colleen | WYPc | 27 | 1945 - 1945 | Patrol Yacht Unseaworthy - Not used |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGC | EM Margaret | WYP | 323 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Brusstar | WYP | 312 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Caddo | WYP | 174 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Whaler Alaska |
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USCGC | EM Connant | WYP | 320 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Covington | WYP | 314 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Dow | WYP | 353 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Edwards | WYP | 357 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Euphane | WYP | 360 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Humphreys | WYP | 325 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Joe | WYP | 356 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Northumberland | WYP | 361 | 1943 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Pelican | WYP | 329 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Pocahantas | WYP | 362 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Reed | WYP | 322 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Coastal Freighter CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Rowe | WYP | 328 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Seabird | WYP | 330 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Stephan McKeever | WYP | 363 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Vernon McNeal | WYP | 318 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Warren Edwatds | WYP | 354 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Wilcox | WYP | 333 | 1943 - 1943 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | EM Messick | WYP | 358 | 1944 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler CARIBSEAFRON |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Beverly | WYT | 371 | 1942 - 1944 | Former Army Tug CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Bozo | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Yacht EASTSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Blackrock (ex The Boys) |
WAGL | 367 | 1943 - 1954 | Patrol Fishing Vessel CARIBSEAFRON |
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USCGC | Aberdeen 95' | CG | 95300 | 1944 - 1944 | WESTSEAFRON | CGH |
USCGC | East Breeze 183 (ex SNS Externsteine) |
WIX | 1944 - 1944 | German supply ship in Greenland Captured by CGC Eastwind on 15 October 1944 The only German surface ship captured in WWII Taken into Service as USCGC Esat Breeze Served as a Greenland transport cutter Turned over to the Navy on 24 January 1945 as USS Callao |
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USCGC | Navigation | 1944 - 1946 | Patrol Yacht EASTSEAFRON |
Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGCR | CGR | Various | 1942 - 1943 | Civilian yachts of the CG Auxiliary |
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Designation | Name | Class | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USS/USCGC | Muskeget (ex Cornish) |
1923 Freighter 233 | AG/WAG | 48 | 1941 - 1942 | Missing and presumed sunk by U-Boat Only OWS ship lost to enemy action |
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USS/USCGC | Manhasset (ex Wilton) |
1923 Freighter 245 | AG/WAG | 47/276 | 1942 - 1945 | NS | |
USCGC | Sea Cloud | 1931 Bark 316 | WPG/IX | 284 | 1942 - 1944 | Built in 1931 as E. F. Hutton's 4 masted luxury bark Hussar II Bought by Joseph Davis, US Ambassador to Russia Acquired in 1942 for OWS duty Commanded by LT Carlton Skinner Skinner received permission to train minorities in rates other than steward Eventually 50 black enlisted and 2 officers served aboard Sea Cloud Skinner reported no loss in proficiency in the first experiment in integration at sea Returned to owner after the war |
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USS/USCGC | Manasquan (ex Aetna) (ex Oscar J. Lingeman) (ex Lake Catherine) |
1918 Freighter 261 | AG/WAG | 36/273 | 1942 - 1945 | First ship to receive LORAN transmissions at sea as part of test program |
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USCGC | Menemsha | 1918 Freighter 261 | WAG | 274 | 1942 - 1945 | NS | |
USS/USCGC | Monomoy (ex J. Floyd Massey) (ex Lake Arlene) |
1918 Freighter 261 | AG/WAG | 40/275 | 1943 - 1945 | NS | |
USCGC | Amethyst (ex Samona II) |
Deep Sea Trawler 147 |
WYPc | 3 | 1944 - 1946 | Ocean Weather Station | |
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Asterion (ex USS Asterion) (ex Evelyn) |
1912 Freighter Misc AK 382' |
AK/WAK | 100/123 | 1944 - 1946 | Freighter converted to Q-ship from 42 to 44 then to OWS duty |
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USCGC | Big Horn (ex Gulf Dawn) |
1936 Tanker 425 | WAO | 124 | 1944 - 1945 | Civilian tanker turned Q-Ship turned OWS Note that she was NOT a T-2 tanker |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Haida | WPG | 45 | 1921 - 1947 | Kown as Haida Maru for her time spent in the Pacific | CGH |
USCGC | Modoc | WPG | 46 | 1922 - 1947 | To Ecuador | CGH |
USCGC | Mojave | WPG | 47 | 1951 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tampa | WPG | 48 | 1921 - 1947 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Algonquin | WPG | 75 | 1934 - 1948 | CGH | |
USCGC | Comanche | WPG | 76 | 1934 - 1947 | CGH | |
USCGC | Escanaba | WPG | 77 | 1932 - 1943 | Commissioned 17 September 1932 - stationed in Grand Haven, MI Operated entirely in the Great Lakes Esablished close ties with Grand Haven - Coast Guard City, USA The city always celebrated the 4 August birthday of the Coast Guard Transferred to the Greenland Patrol in 1942 It was noted that survivors were too cold to hold rescue lines LT Robert Prouse, Escanaba XO, developed a rubber suit that rescuers could wear into the water to pick up survivors Suits were used to rescue 133 men from the torpedoed Dorchester Widely used by other ships throughout the war 13 June 1942 - Escanaba exploded and sank Final cause was never established All but 2 of her 103 man crew were lost 4 August 1943 over 20,000 people in Grand Haven attended memorial services for Escanaba Grand Haven is still Coast Guard City, USA and still marks Coast Guard Day with a grand celebration |
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USCGC | Mohawk | WPG | 78 | 1935 - 1948 | To Delaware Bay and River Pilots Assoc to Miami Dade Historical Museum |
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USCGC | Onondaga | WPG | 79 | 1934 - 1947 | ||
USCGC | Tahoma | WPG | 80 | 1934 - 1953 | CGH |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Bear 198' | WPG | 1885 - 1929 1941 - 1944 |
Built by Alexander Stephenin Dundee Scotland as a sealer in 1874 Taken into US Navy service in 1884 as part of the rescue fleet for the ill-fated Greeley Arctic expedition 1885: Taken into the Revenue Cutter Service to patrol Alaskan waters Most famous commanding office was Mike "Hell Roarin'" Healy Served 41 years in the ice Carried reindeer from Siberia to Alaska to feed natives Overland rescue of over 250 sealers stuck in the ice Decomissioned in 1929 and turned over to Oakland, CA Used as a set in filming of Jack London's "Sea Wolf" Acquired by Adm. Richard Byrd for his 1933 Antarctic Expedition Returned from the Byrd expedition in 1941 to Boston In WWII she was part of the Greenland Patrol Took part in the capture of the Norwegian supply ship Buskoe Decommissioned again in 1944 Sold to a Canadian sealing company - never operational Purchased by Alfred Johnston of Villanova, PA in 1948 To be used as a resteraunt museum in Philadelphia Sank while being towed to Philadelphia One of the most famous Cutters Coast Guard history The mascot of the CG Academy is a Bear in her honor |
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USCGC | Northland 216' | WPG | 49 | 1927 - 1946 | Built as a replacement for the venerable Bear Performed on Bering Sea Patrol doing "everything under the midnight sun" Transferred to Boston in 1938 in preparation for war Flagship of the Greenland Parol Siezed Norwegian sealer Buskoe - a German supply ship First siezure of the war - 12 Sep 1941 Sold to an American company working with the Israeli underground Renamed Jewish State, she ran refugees to Israel First warship of the Israeli Navy in 1948 - Renamed Matzpen Ended as an accomodations ship for Port Command Haifa Decommissioned and sold in 1962 |
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USCGC | North Star 225' | WPG | 59 | 1941 - 1944 | Acquired from Dept of Interior Greenland Patrol |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Eastwind | WAG | 279 | 1944 - 1968 | Captured German trawler Externstein in 1944 Only German surface ship captured in WWII First of the Winds to be decommissioned |
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USCGC | Southwind (ex USS Atka) |
AGB | 3/280 | 1944 - 1945 1966 - 1974 |
Commissioned as USCGC Southwind Assisted in capture of Externstein To Russia 1945 - 1949 Tranferred from Russia to the Navy in 1949 Renamed USS Atka Returned to the Coast Guard in 1966 Renamed USCGC Southwind |
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USCGC | Westwind | WAG | 281 | 1944 - 1945 1951 - 1988 |
To Russia 1945 - 1951 | CGH |
USCGC | Northwind | WAG | 282 | 1945 - 1989 | The orignal Northwind (WAGB 278) was transferred to Russia prior to completion Another Wind Class breaker was ordered and named Northwind She was the last of the Winds to be decommissioned |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Storis | WAG/WAGB/WAGL/WMEC | 38 | 1942 - 2007 | Built as a supply cutter for the Greenland patrol Basically a stretched 180' buoy tender with an Duck on the fantail Stationed in Boston after the war 1 July 1957 Set out with CGCs Spar and Bramble to find a deep water channel through the Arctic Ocean This transit ended the 450 year search for the Northwest Passage Returned to Greenland via the passage and then transited to Alaska via the Panama Canal becoming the first cutter to circumnavigate the North American Continent Performed ice breaking duty until 1972 Converted to Medium Endurance Cutter Decommissioned in 2007 Known as the Galloping Coast of the Alaskan Coast Queen of the Fleet 1991 to 2007 |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGC |
Aivik (ex Arlington) |
WYP | 164 | 1942 - 1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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Aklak (ex Weymouth) |
WYP | 168 | 1942 -1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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Alatok (ex Hekla) |
WYP | 172 | 1942 -1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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Amarok (ex Lark) (ex Greyhound I) |
WYP | 166 | 1942 - 1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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Arluk (ex Atlantic) |
WYP | 167 | 1942 - 1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC |
Arvek (ex Triton) |
WYP | 165 | 1942 - 1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC |
Atak (ex Winchester) |
WYP | 163 | 1942 - 1944 |
Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Belmont | WYP | 341 | 1942 - 1946 | Patrol Whaler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Bodega | WYP | 342 | 1942 - 1943 | Patrol Whaler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Bronco | WYP | 340 | 1942 - 1945 | Patrol Whaler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Busco | WYP | 1942 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Natsek | WYP | 170 | 1942 - 1942 | Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol Lost at sea |
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USCGC | Nogak | WYP | 171 | 1942 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
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USCGC | Nanok | WYP | 169 | 1942 - 1944 | Patrol Trawler Greenland Patrol |
Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Cobb 300' (ex Governor Cobb) |
WPG | 181 | 1943 - 1946 | 1906 - First turbine propelled commercial ship in US Training ship in EASRSEAFRON in WWI Originally used as a steam plant training ship 1944 - Converted to a helicopter carrier with the addition of a flight deck Instrumental in proving the concept of helo ops from ships Recognized as the first helicopter carrier |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USRC/USCGC | Pamlico 158' | WPR | 1907 - 1946 | Designed with a shallow draft for inland cruising Stationed in New Bern, NC and became a fixture in the community Transported many Congressional and press parties to New Bern Naval Reserve training ship in WWI Classified a WPR in 1939 and served through WWII One of her crewmen from 1940 to 1943 was Steward's Mate Alex Haley When informed of her pending decommissioning, New Bern had their Congressman intercede with the Commandant to save the ship Finally decommissioned on 6 September 1946 after 40 years of service A plaque commemorating her service was dedicated on 28 April 1990 Alex Haley helped in the dedication |
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Designation | Name | Classification | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Owasco | WPG/WHEC | 39 | 1945 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Winnebago | WPG/WHEC | 40 | 1945 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Chautauqua | WPG/WHEC | 41 | 1945 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sebago | WPG/WHEC | 42 | 1945 - 1972 | CGH | |
USCGC | Iroquois | WPG/WHEC | 43 | 1946 - 1965 | ||
USCGC | Wachusett | WPG/WHEC | 44 | 1946 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Escanaba | WPG/WHEC | 64 | 1946 - 1974 | CGH | |
USCGC | Winona | WPG/WHEC | 65 | 1946 - 1974 | CGH | |
USCGC | Klamath | WPG/WHEC | 66 | 1946 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Minnetonka | WPG/WHEC | 67 | 1946 - 1974 | CGH | |
USCGC | Androscoggin | WPG/WHEC | 68 | 1946 - 1974 | CGH | |
USCGC | Mendota | WPG/WHEC | 69 | 1945 - 1973 | CGH | |
USCGC | Pontchartrain | WPG/WHEC | 70 | 1945 - 1973 | CGH |