USCGC Vigilant (WPC-154) was an Active-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. She was 125-foot, steel-hulled, twin-screw, diesel-powered cutter primarily outfitted for Aids to Navigation work. On the night of 24 January 1931, she was involved in the chase and capture of Canadian rum-running schooner Josephine K, which was captured off of New York Harbor with a cargo of whisky valued at $100,000 confiscated. The crew was exonerated on 31 January of blame by a Coast Guard board of inquiry in the death of the captain of the Josephine K, who was mortally wounded by a one-pound shot during the chase.[1]
 Active class patrol boat, 1962
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Vigilant |
| Builder | American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Launched | 25 April 1927 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1927 |
| Decommissioned | 1966 |
| Fate | Sold in 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Active-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 232 tons |
| Length | 125 feet |
| Beam | 23.5 feet |
| Draft | 7.5 feet |
| Propulsion | 2 x 6-cylinder, 300 hp engines |
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| Complement | 3 officers, 17 men (1960) |
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WPC-154 was involved in the rescue of survivors of several U-boat attacks off central Florida in the 1940s.
References
edit- ^ United Press, "Commander of Coast Guard Vessel Commended for Capture of Canadian Vessel Though Captain Slain", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Sunday 1 February 1931, Volume LXVII, Number 154, page 2.
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