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
History
United States
NameUSCGC Harriet Lane (WSC 141)
NamesakeHarriet Lane
Launched30 November 1926
Commissioned1927
Decommissioned29 April 1946
FateSold into merchant service and renamed MV Humble, 1949
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeActive-class patrol boat
Displacement220 t (220 t)
Length125 ft (38 m)
Beam23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft9 ft (2.7 m)
PropulsionDiesel engines; twin screws
Speed13 kn (15 mph)
Complement5 officers 41 enlisted
Armament

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

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  1. ^ "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". Coast Guard Cutters & Craft. HyperWar. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

Bibliography

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  • 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.