USCGC Cuyahoga

USCGC *Cuyahoga* (WIX-157)
History
United States
Name	Cuyahoga
Namesake	Cuyahoga River in Ohio
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	1926
Launched	27 January 1927
Commissioned	3 March 1927
Decommissioned	29 May 1933
Identification	WSC-157
Fate	Transferred to the U.S. Navy
United States
Commissioned	1 April 1935
Decommissioned	17 May 1941
Identification	AG-26
Fate	Returned to the U.S. Coast Guard
United States
Commissioned	17 May 1941 (USCG)
Identification	WIX-157
Fate	Sunk in collision 20 October 1978; Refloated 29 October 1978; Scuttled 29 March 1979;
General characteristics
Class and type	Active-class patrol boat
Displacement	320 tons
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	23.5 ft (7.2 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	twin diesel
Range	4,900 miles (7,900 km)[clarification needed]
Complement	29
Sensors and ; processing systems	SF-1 radar; QCO-1 sonar (1945); SPS-23 radar, no sonar (1960);
Armament	1 × 3"/23 caliber dual-purpose gun; 2 × depth charge racks (1942); 1 × 40 mm/60; 2 × 20 mm/80; 2 × Mousetraps (1945); 1 × 40 mm Bofors/60 (1960);

USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157) was an Active-class patrol boat built in 1927 which saw action in World War II. Cuyahoga sank after a night-time collision in the Chesapeake Bay while on patrol in 1978. She was later raised and re-sunk as an artificial reef off the Virginia coast and is a popular recreational dive site.

^ "Service Ship Photo Archive". NavSource Online. NavSource.org. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Cuyahoga, 1927 WIX / WMEC / WSC-157". U.S. Coast Guard. November 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

[navsource-1] "Service Ship Photo Archive". NavSource Online. NavSource.org. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[uscg-2] "Cuyahoga, 1927 WIX / WMEC / WSC-157". U.S. Coast Guard. November 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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History

United States
Name	Cuyahoga
Namesake	Cuyahoga River in Ohio
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	1926
Launched	27 January 1927
Commissioned	3 March 1927
Decommissioned	29 May 1933
Identification	WSC-157
Fate	Transferred to the U.S. Navy
United States
Commissioned	1 April 1935
Decommissioned	17 May 1941
Identification	AG-26^[1]
Fate	Returned to the U.S. Coast Guard
United States
Commissioned	17 May 1941 (USCG)
Identification	WIX-157
Fate	Sunk in collision 20 October 1978 Refloated 29 October 1978 Scuttled 29 March 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Active-class patrol boat
Displacement	320 tons
Length	125 ft (38 m)
Beam	23.5 ft (7.2 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	twin diesel
Range	4,900 miles (7,900 km)^{[clarification needed]}
Complement	29
Sensors and processing systems	SF-1 radar QCO-1 sonar (1945) SPS-23 radar, no sonar (1960)
Armament	1 × 3"/23 caliber dual-purpose gun 2 × depth charge racks (1942) 1 × 40 mm/60 2 × 20 mm/80 2 × Mousetraps (1945) 1 × 40 mm Bofors/60 (1960)^[2]