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USCGC Shoshone

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byGeneral Engineering & Drydock Co. (Oakland, California, U.S.A.). 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched11 Sep, 1930 
Commissioned10 Jan, 1931 
End service30 Apr, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Navy on 12 May 1941 being renamed HMS Landguard.
Not returned, sold by the Royal Navy on 6 October 1949 and scrapped at Ceylon. 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Landguard

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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