USCGC Pontchartrain (1928)
 USCGC Pontchartrain; underway, pre-World War II. | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USCGC Pontchartrain (1928) |
| Namesake: | Lake Pontchartrain |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 29 November 1927 |
| Launched: | 16 June 1928 |
| Commissioned: | 13 October 1928 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 April 1941 |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Hartland (Y 00) |
| Commissioned: | 30 April 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk off Oran Harbour |
| Sunk: | 8 November 1942 |
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| 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 |
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| Complement: | 97 |
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The USCGC Pontchartrain (1928) was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 16 June 1928 and commissioned on 13 October 1928 .[1] After 13 years of service to the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the British Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act. She ultimately was sunk in 1942.
Career
US Coast Guard - Pontchartrain
After commissioning in November 1928, the Pontchartrain was homeported in Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.[2]
Royal Navy - Hartland
As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed the HMS Hartland (Y 00) and commissioned on 30 April 1941.[3] In November 1942, while taking part in Operation Torch, she was sunk by gunfire off Oran Harbor taking 34 crew members with her.
See also
References
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "USCGC Pontchartrain". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Pontchartrain (1928)" (PDF). USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Hartland (Y 00)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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