USCGC ''Tahoe'' (1928)

USCGC Tahoe; underway, pre-World War II.
History
United States
Name: USCGC Tahoe (1928)
Namesake: Lake Tahoe
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down: 5 December 1927
Launched: 12 June 1928
Commissioned: 18 November 1928
Decommissioned: 30 April 1941
Fate: Transferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Fishguard (Y59)
Commissioned: 30 April 1941
Fate: Returned to USCG, 27 March 1946
United States
Name: USCGC Tahoe
Fate: Sold, 24 October 1947
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement: 2,075 long tons (2,108 t)
Length: 250 ft (76 m)
Beam: 42 ft (13 m)
Draft: 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m)
Propulsion: 1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers
Speed:
  • 14.8 kn (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) cruising
  • 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) maximum
Complement: 97
Armament:

USCGC Tahoe (1928) was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 June 1928 and commissioned on 8 November 1928.[1] After 13 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.

Career

US Coast Guard - Tahoe

After commissioning in November 1928, the Tahoe was homeported in San Francisco and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.[2]

Royal Navy - Fishguard

As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Fishguard (Y59) and commissioned on 12 May 1941.[3] In May 1944, the crew of Fishguard boarded U-852 and captured her crew after she was damaged by British aircraft. At the end of the war, in March 1946, Fishguard was returned to the USCG.[3]

US Coast Guard - Tahoe (post war)

Upon her return to the USCG, her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold in October 1947.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "USCGC Tahoe". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Tahoe (1928)". USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Fishguard (Y 59)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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