USCGC Shoshone

USCGC Shoshone under way, passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, pre-World War II.
History
United States
NameUSCGC Shoshone
NamesakeShoshone
BuilderGeneral Engineering and Drydock Company
Launched11 September 1930
Commissioned10 January 1931
United Kingdom
NameHMS Landguard (Y56)
Launched11 Sep 1930
Commissioned20 May 1941
FateSold 6 October 1949 and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement2,075 long tons (2,108 t)
Length250 ft (76 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Draft12 ft 11 in (3.94 m)
Propulsion1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers
Speed
  • 14.8 kn (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) cruising
  • 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) maximum
Complement97
Armament

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]

  1. ^ "USCG Shoshone". USCG. US Coast Guard. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.