USCGC Argo (WPC-100)
_underway_during_World_War_II.jpg) USCGC Argo (WPC-100) underway during World War II, circa 1944. | |
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| Name: | USCGC Argo (WPC-100) |
| Namesake: | Argo |
| Builder: | John H. Mathis & Company |
| Launched: | 12 November 1932 |
| Commissioned: | 6 January 1933 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 October 1948 |
| Fate: | Sold, 2 November 1955 |
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| Class & type: | Thetis-class patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 337 long tons (342 t) |
| Length: | 165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m) |
| Draft: | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW) |
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| Complement: | 44 |
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The USCGC Argo (WPC-100) was a Thetis-class patrol boat belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.[1]
Career
After the U.S. entered World War II the Argo was attached to the Atlantic Fleet as a convoy escort.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "USCG Argo". USCG. US Coast Guard. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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