USCGC Northland (WPG-49)

USCGC Northland (WPG-49) circa 1929
History
United States
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Newport News, Virginia
CostUS$865,750[1]
Laid down26 August 1926[2]
Launched5 February 1927
Commissioned7 May 1927
Decommissioned1938
RecommissionedJune 1939
Decommissioned27 March 1946
FateSold 3 January 1947
Israel
NameJewish State
Acquired1947
FateTo Israeli Navy 1948
Israel
NameINS Eilat
NamesakeEilat, Israel
OperatorIsraeli Navy
Acquired1948
Commissioned1948
RenamedMatzpen, 1955
DecommissionedFebruary 1962
FateSold for scrap
Badge
General characteristics [3]
Displacement2,150 tons, maximum
Length216 ft 7 in (66.01 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draft16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) max
Installed power
  • Main: 1 double-armature electric motor driven by 2 generators driven by 2 x 6-cylinder diesel engines.
  • Auxiliary: Sail (1927–1936)
Propulsionsingle screw, 4 blades[2]
Speed11.7 knots (1927)
Range
  • 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) @ 10 knots
  • 18,800 nautical miles (34,800 km) @ 8.2 knots
Complement
  • 90 men, 17 officers (1927)
  • 102 men, 18 officers (1945)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Detection Radar: SC-1, SF
  • Sonar: QCJ-3
Armament
  • 2 × 6-pounders, 1 x 1-pounder (1941)
  • 2 × 3"/50 single mounts (1944)
  • 2 × 3"/50 single mounts; 4 x 20mm/80 single mounts; 2 depth charge tracks; 2 Y guns (1945)
Aircraft carried

USCGC Northland (WPG-49) was a United States Coast Guard cruising class of gunboat especially designed for Arctic operations in commission from 1927 to 1938 and from 1939 to 1946. She served during World War II. She was the last cruising cutter built for the Coast Guard equipped with a sailing rig.[4]

After her U.S. Coast Guard career ended, the ship entered Israel service, including duty as the flagship of the Israeli Navy with the name INS Eilat.

  1. ^ Johnson, p 113
  2. ^ a b c Scheina, pp 30–31
  3. ^ "Northland (WPG-49), 1927"
  4. ^ Canney, p 97