USCGC Spencer (WPG-36)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Spencer.
Spencer during World War II.
USCGC Spencer during World War II.
History
United States
NameUSCGC Spencer
BuilderNew York Navy Yard
Laid down11 September 1935
Launched6 January 1937
Commissioned1 March 1937
Decommissioned23 January 1974
FateSold for scrapping on 8 October 1981 to North American Smelting Co.
General characteristics
Class and typeTreasury-class cutter
Displacement2,216 long tons (2,252 t; 2,482 short tons)
Length327 ft (99.67 m)o/a
Beam41 ft (12.50 m)
Draught12.5 ft (3.81 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 oil-fueled Babcock & Wilcox boilers
  • 2 shafts
  • Westinghouse geared turbines
  • 6,200 ihp (4,600 kW)
Speed20.5 knots (38.0 km/h)
Range12,300 nautical miles (22,780 km) at 11 knots (20.4 km/h)
Capacity135,180 US gallons (511,712 L)
Complement
  • 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted
  • 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted
  • 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 134 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1940s:
    • HF/DF: DAR (converted British FH3)
    • Radar: SC-4, SGa
    • Fire Control Radar: Mk-26
    • Sonar: QC series
  • 1960s:
    • Radar: AN/SPS-29D; AN/SPA-52
    • Fire Control Radar: Mk-26 MOD 4
    • Sonar: AN/SQS-11
Armament
  • 1936:
  • 1941:
  • 1943:
    • 2 × 5"/51 cal
    • 4 × 3"/50 cal
    • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon/80cal
    • 1 × Hedgehog
    • 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors
    • 2 × depth charge racks
  • 1945:
    • 2 × 5"/38 cal
    • 3 × 40 mm/60 cal (twin mount)
    • 4 × 20 mm/80 cal
  • 1946:
    • 1 × 5"/38 cal
    • 1 × 40 mm/60 cal (twin mount)
    • 2 × 20 mm/80 cal
    • 1 × Hedgehog
  • 1966:
    • 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 Mk30 MOD75
    • 1 × Mk52 MOD3 Director
    • 1 × Mk10-1 Hedgehog
    • 2 (P&S) × Mk32 MOD5TT
    • 4 × MK44 MOD1 torpedoes
    • 2 × .50 cal MK2 Browning MG
    • 2 × MK13 high-altitude parachute flare mortars
Aircraft carried1 Grumman JF-2 Duck or Curtiss SOC-4

USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) was a Treasury-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard that served during World War II.[1] She was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary John Canfield Spencer.

  1. ^ "USCG Spencer". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. United States CoastGuard. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2012-12-12.