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| HMS Hartland. |
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 . After 13 years of service in the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act. She was sunk in 1942 off Oran Harbor.
After commissioning in November 1928, Pontchartrain was homeported in Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.
On 4 December 1940 Pontchartrain rescued the entire crew of the 70 foot tugboat Edwin Duke which was in danger of sinking in a storm south of Long Island.
As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Hartland (Y00) and commissioned on 30 April 1941. In November 1942, while taking part in Operation Reservist, she was sunk by gunfire from the French destroyer Typhon off Oran Harbor taking 34 crew members with her.
United States
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
Fate: Transferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Hartland (Y00)
Commissioned: 30 April 1941
Fate: Sunk off Oran Harbor, 8 November 1942.
Class and type:
Lake-class cutter (USCG)
Banff-class sloop (RN)
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:
1 × 5 inch gun
1 × 3 inch gun
2 × 6-pounder (57 mm)
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| USCGC Pontchartrain, pre-World War II. |
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