USCGC Tahoe
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USCGC Tahoe was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 June 1928 and commissioned on 8 November 1928.[1] After 13 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.
USCGC Tahoe; underway, pre-World War II. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Tahoe (1928) |
| Namesake | Lake Tahoe |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 5 December 1927 |
| Launched | 12 June 1928 |
| Commissioned | 18 November 1928 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fishguard (Y59) |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1941 |
| Fate | Returned to USCG, 27 March 1946 |
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Tahoe |
| Fate | Sold, 24 October 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | |
| 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 |
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| Complement | 97 |
| Armament |
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Career
US Coast Guard – Tahoe
After commissioning in November 1928[2] with Commander Leon C. Covell in command,[3] the Tahoe was homeported in San Francisco and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.[2]
Royal Navy – Fishguard
As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Fishguard (Y59) and commissioned on 12 May 1941.[4] In May 1944, the crew of Fishguard boarded U-852 and captured her crew after she was damaged by British aircraft. At the end of the war, in March 1946, Fishguard was returned to the USCG.[4]
US Coast Guard – Tahoe (post war)
Upon her return to the USCG, her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold in October 1947.[2]