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"165-ft B" cutters (ARGO) (1931 - 1934)


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  Nemesis after WWII

Ships


No Name Yard No 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 148 Bath Iron Wks 1.1931 28.11.1931 12.1931 sold 12.1968
WPC104 Calypso 149 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 150 Bath Iron Wks 1.1931 27.1.1932 2.1932 sold 12.1954
WPC107 Dione 277 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 (P104 Restauración)
WPC109 Hermes 151 Bath Iron Wks 1.1931 23.2.1932 3.1932 sold 5.1958
WPC110 Icarus 153 Bath Iron Wks 1.1931 19.3.1932 4.1932 sold 7.1948, to Dominican Republic (P105 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 279 Manitowoc SB   30.6.1934 11.1934 sold 11.1959
WPC114 Perseus 152 Bath Iron Wks   11.4.1932 4.1932 sold 11.1959
WPC115 Thetis 147 Bath Iron Wks 1.1931 9.11.1931 12.1931 sold 7.1948, to Dominican Republic (P106 Rafael Atoa)
WPC116, 5.1966- WMEC116 Triton   Marietta, Point Pleasant   7.7.1934 11.1934 sold 1.1969
WPC187 Electra 278 Manitowoc SB   30.6.1934 10.1934 USN presidential yacht AG25 Potomac 11.1935-11/1945, sold late1946


Technical data


Displacement standard, t334 trials
Displacement full, t370
Length, m

49.0 wl 50.3 oa
Breadth, m

7.24
Draught, m

2.34 trials
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 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 - 37/50 Mk 4
Complement

50


Standard scale images


<i>Argo </i>1940
Argo 1940
<i>Ariadne </i>1965
Ariadne 1965


Graphics


  <i>Nemesis</i> after WWII
  Nemesis after WWII


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 - 37/50; + 1 DCT, 2 DCR

1943 - 1944, all CGC: - 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 1 DCT, SO or SU radar

1/1946: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, SO or SU radar

Naval service

No significant events.