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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

COAST GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

165-ft "B" cutters

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
WPC100 Argo John Mathis, Camden   12/11/1932 1/1933 sold 11/1955
WPC101, 5/1966- WMEC101 Ariadne Lake Union, Seattle   23/3/1934 10/1934 sold 9/1969
WPC102 Atalanta Lake Union, Seattle   16/6/1934 9/1934 sold 12/1954
WPC103, 5/1966- WMEC103 Aurora Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 28/11/1931 12/1931 sold 12/1968
WPC104 Calypso Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 1/1/1932 1/1932 USN miscellaneous auxiliary AG35 5/1941-1/1942, sold 11/1955
WPC105 Cyane Lake Union, Seattle   30/8/1934 9/1934 sold 12/1954
WPC106 Daphne Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 27/1/1932 2/1932 sold 12/1954
WPC107 Dione Manitowoc SB   30/6/1934 10/1934 sold 2/1964
WPC108 Galatea John Mathis, Camden   17/12/1932 2/1933 sold 7/1948, to Dominican Republic (Restauracion)
WPC109 Hermes Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 23/2/1932 3/1932 sold 5/1958
WPC110 Icarus Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 19/3/1932 4/1932 sold 7/1948, to Dominican Republic (Independencia)
WPC111 Nemesis Marietta, Point Pleasant   7/7/1934 10/1934 sold 2/1966
WPC112, 5/1966- WMEC112 Nike Marietta, Point Pleasant   7/7/1934 10/1934 sold 5/1966
WPC113 Pandora Manitowoc SB   30/6/1934 11/1934 sold 11/1959
WPC114 Perseus Bath Iron Wks   11/4/1932 4/1932 sold 11/1959
WPC115 Thetis Bath Iron Wks 1/1931 9/11/1931 12/1931 sold 7/1948, to Dominican Republic (Rafael Atoa)
WPC116, 5/1966- WMEC116 Triton Marietta, Point Pleasant   7/7/1934 11/1934 sold 1/1969
WPC187 Electra Manitowoc SB   30/6/1934 10/1934 USN presidential yacht AG25 Potomac 11/1935-11/1945, sold late1946

 

Displacement trials, t

 334

Displacement full, t

 370

Length, m

49.0 wl 50.3 oa

Breadth, m

7.24

Draught, m

2.34 trials

No of shafts

 2

Machinery

Winton diesels

Power, h. p.

 1340

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm (kts) 1600 (13)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 4/7/11/13/14, 1 x 1 - 37/(43 - 50) Mk 6 - 10

Complement

50

Ship project history: Cutters of 165ft class have been created during times of Prohibition and intended basically for intercept of rum runners. In total 18 ships were built, one was converted to a presidential yacht.

Modernizations: 1941, all CGC: - 1 x 1 - 37/(43-50); + 1 DCT, 2 DCR

1943 - 1944, all CGC: - 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/17/20/21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 1 DCT.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

Nemesis after WWII

 

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