USCGC Harriet Lane (WSC-141)
The USCGC Harriet Lane (WSC-141) was a 125-foot patrol boat, commonly known as a "buck-and-a-quarter", 1926–1946.
 Active class patrol boat, 1962
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| History | |
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| Name | USCGC Harriet Lane (WSC 141) |
| Namesake | Harriet Lane |
| Launched | 30 November 1926 |
| Commissioned | 1927 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold into merchant service and renamed MV Humble, 1949 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Active-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 220 t (220 t) |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel engines; twin screws |
| Speed | 13 kn (15 mph) |
| Complement | 5 officers 41 enlisted |
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She was the second ship named for Harriet Lane. She was based in Boston, Provincetown and Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1941, the cutter served in World War II, and after for the Fifth Coast Guard District, home ported in Norfolk, Virginia. She was decommissioned in 1946, and became the merchant vessel Humble AC-4 in 1949.
References
- "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". Coast Guard Cutters & Craft. HyperWar. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
Bibliography
- Flynn, Jim; Lortz, Ed; Lukas, Holger (March 2018). "Answer 39/48". Warship International. LV (January 2018): 23–25. ISSN 0043-0374.
- "USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903)". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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