USCG CG-113
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CG-113 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard.
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| Name | CG-113 |
| Ordered | 1924 |
| Builder | Mathis Yacht Building Company, Camden, New Jersey |
| Commissioned | 1924/1925 |
| Decommissioned | 1932/1933 |
| Stricken | 1928 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk in collision, 20 July 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 37.5 GRT[2] |
| Length | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[2] |
| Beam | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Draught | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
| Installed power | 500 SHP[2] |
| Propulsion | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[2] |
| Complement | 8 |
| Armament | 1 x 1-pounder gun forward |
History
She was laid down at the Camden, New Jersey shipyard of Mathis Yacht Building Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[3][2] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.[4] The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925.[4] She was commissioned in 1924/1925 as CG-113.[3] On 20 July 1928, she was sunk after being hit amidships by the passenger steamship SS Culberson in heavy fog off Cape May; two of her seven crewman were killed.[5][6][7]