USCGC Shoshone under way, passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, pre-World War II.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Shoshone |
Namesake | Shoshone |
Builder | General Engineering and Drydock Company |
Launched | 11 September 1930 |
Commissioned | 10 January 1931 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Landguard (Y56) |
Launched | 11 Sep 1930 |
Commissioned | 20 May 1941 |
Fate | Sold 6 October 1949 and scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | 2,075 long tons (2,108 t) |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers |
Speed |
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Complement | 97 |
Armament |
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USCGC Shoshone was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.[1]