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Re: HMS GORLESTON
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David
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Date: September 17, 2003 06:07AM
<HTML>Lee
Gorleston was an ex-U.S. Coastguard cutter, built in 1929 at Oakland, California, as the 'Itasca'. She and her sisters were offered to the U.K. in 1941 as part of the 'Lend-Lease' deal. Ten of them were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 and given names of British coastguard stations.
Tech: 1546/2190 tons
250 ft x 42 ft 2 ins
2 shafts/turbo-electric engigines 3220 shp=16 knots
armed: 1 x 5",1 x 12 pdr, 2 x 2 pdr initially, later altered to
1 x 4", 1 x 40mm, 2 x 20mm, 70 x depth charges
Initially based at Londonderry as convoy escort, covering convoys to west Africa and Gibraltar, although she escorted one Atlantic convoy to the West Indies in 1943. In mid-'43 moved base to Freetown, west Africa. In 1944 after a refit in UK deployed to the Far East via the Mediterranean; she was damaged in collision at Alexandria harbour on 18 April 1944, repaired at Port Said. Based in India 1944 escorting convoys to the Suez canal. In September 1945 at Singapore for the Japanese surrender. Returned UK in February 1946 and returned to the U.S. Coastguard in April 1946.</HTML>
Gorleston was an ex-U.S. Coastguard cutter, built in 1929 at Oakland, California, as the 'Itasca'. She and her sisters were offered to the U.K. in 1941 as part of the 'Lend-Lease' deal. Ten of them were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 and given names of British coastguard stations.
Tech: 1546/2190 tons
250 ft x 42 ft 2 ins
2 shafts/turbo-electric engigines 3220 shp=16 knots
armed: 1 x 5",1 x 12 pdr, 2 x 2 pdr initially, later altered to
1 x 4", 1 x 40mm, 2 x 20mm, 70 x depth charges
Initially based at Londonderry as convoy escort, covering convoys to west Africa and Gibraltar, although she escorted one Atlantic convoy to the West Indies in 1943. In mid-'43 moved base to Freetown, west Africa. In 1944 after a refit in UK deployed to the Far East via the Mediterranean; she was damaged in collision at Alexandria harbour on 18 April 1944, repaired at Port Said. Based in India 1944 escorting convoys to the Suez canal. In September 1945 at Singapore for the Japanese surrender. Returned UK in February 1946 and returned to the U.S. Coastguard in April 1946.</HTML>
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