USCGC Shoshone (1931)

USCGC Shoshone underway, passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, pre-World War II.
History
United States
Name: USCGC Shoshone
Namesake: Shoshone
Builder: General Engineering and Drydock Company
Launched: 11 September 1930
Commissioned: 10 January 1931
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Landguard (Y 56)
Launched: 11 Sep 1930
Commissioned: 20 May 1941
Fate: Sold 6 October 1949 and scrapped
General characteristics
Class & 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:

The USCGC Shoshone (1931) was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.[1]

Career

Coast Guard - Shoshone

After being commissioned 10 January 1931, Shoshone was homeported in San Francisco, California and participated in the Bering Sea Patrol.[1]

Royal Navy - Landguard

After being transferred to the British Royal Navy the newly named HMS Landguard (Y 56) was commissioned on 20 May 1941.[2] On 8 February 1943, she rescued 48 people from the British merchant Mary Slessor which struck a mine laid by U-118 in the Strait of Gibraltar.[2] On 6 October 1949 she was sold and scrapped.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "USCG Shoshone". USCG. US Coast Guard. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "HMS Landguard (Y 56)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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