USCGC Atalanta

History
United States
Name	USCGC Atalanta
Namesake	Atalanta
Builder	Lake Union Dry Dock Company, Seattle
Launched	16 June 1934
Commissioned	20 Sep 1934
Decommissioned	1 August 1950
Identification	WPC-102
Fate	Sold, 7 December 1954
General characteristics
Class and type	Thetis-class patrol boat
Displacement	337 long tons (342 t) (1933) 350 long tons (360 t) (1945)
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Draft	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) (1933) 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) (1945)
Installed power	1,340 bhp
Propulsion	2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW)
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruising 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum
Range	1,750 statute miles (14 knots) 3,000 statute miles (11 knots) 6,417 statute miles (6 knots)
Complement	44 (1933) 75 (1945)
Sensors and processing systems	None (1933 SF Radar (1945) QCO Sonar (1945)
Armament	1933 1 × 3 inch gun 1 × 1-pounder 1941 1 × 3 inch gun 1 × Y-gun 2 x depth charge tracks 1945 2 x single-mount 3"/50 caliber gun 2 x single mount 20mm/80 cannon 2 x depth charge tracks 2 x Y-guns 2 x Mousetraps

USCGC Atalanta (WPC-102) was a 165-foot (50 m), steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard.

History

She was launched on 16 June 1934 at the Seattle shipyard of Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works,^[1] one of 18 Thetis-class patrol boats.^[2][3] She was commissioned on 20 September 1934 and assigned to Seattle, Washington where she conducted rescue and law enforcement operations as well as annual Bering Sea patrols.^[1] In September 1942, Atalanta was assigned to the United States Navy Western Sea Frontier where she conducted convoy escort and patrol duty.^[1] She was one of the early ships in the "Alaskan Navy".^[4]

Atalanta was decommissioned on 1 August 1950 and was placed in mothball at the Coast Guard mooring in Kennydale, Renton, Washington.^[1] On 7 December 1954, she was sold to Birchfield Boiler, Inc., of Tacoma, Washington for $7,156.^[1]

References

1. "USCGC Atalanta". naval-history.net. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
2. Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.
3. "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Coast Guard Cutters & Craft". Ibiblio . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
4. Ostrom, Thomas P. (May 13, 2009). The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions. McFarland & Company. p. 140. ISBN 9780786442560.

External links

• "U.S. Coast Guard & Revenue Cutter Logbooks - National Archives Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785-2005". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 21, 2020.