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USCGC Cayuga

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched7 Oct, 1931 
Commissioned22 Mar, 1932 
End service12 May, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Navy on 12 May 1941 being renamed HMS Totland.
Returned by the Royal Navy in May 1946.
Recommissioned as USCGC Macoma on 20 March 1947.
Decommissioned on 8 May 1950.
Sold on 15 July 1955. 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Totland

Books dealing with this subject include:

World War II Lend-Lease U.S. Coast Guard Cutters to England, Lake Class, Borchers, Duane D., Sr.,


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