USCGC Atalanta

History
United States
Name	USCGC Atalanta
Namesake	Atalanta
Builder	Lake Union Dry Dock Company, Seattle
Launched	16 June 1934
Commissioned	20 Sep 1934
Decommissioned	1 August 1950
Identification	WPC-102
Fate	Sold, 7 December 1954
General characteristics
Class and type	Thetis-class patrol boat
Displacement	337 long tons (342 t) (1933) ; 350 long tons (360 t) (1945);
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Draft	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) (1933); 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) (1945);
Installed power	1,340 bhp
Propulsion	2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW)
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruising; 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum;
Range	1,750 statute miles (14 knots); 3,000 statute miles (11 knots); 6,417 statute miles (6 knots);
Complement	44 (1933); 75 (1945);
Sensors and ; processing systems	None (1933; SF Radar (1945); QCO Sonar (1945);
Armament	1933; 1 × 3 inch gun; 1 × 1-pounder ; 1941; 1 × 3 inch gun; 1 × Y-gun; 2 x depth charge tracks; 1945; 2 x single-mount 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 x single mount 20mm/80 cannon; 2 x depth charge tracks; 2 x Y-guns; 2 x Mousetraps;

USCGC Atalanta (WPC-102) was a 165-foot (50 m), steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard.

History[edit]

She was launched on 16 June 1934 at the Seattle shipyard of Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works,^[1] one of 18 Thetis-class patrol boats.^[2]^[3] She was commissioned on 20 September 1934 and assigned to Seattle, Washington where she conducted rescue and law enforcement operations as well as annual Bering Sea patrols.^[1] In September 1942, Atalanta was assigned to the United States Navy Western Sea Frontier where she conducted convoy escort and patrol duty.^[1] She was one of the early ships in the "Alaskan Navy".^[4]

Atalanta was decommissioned on 1 August 1950 and was placed in mothball at the Coast Guard mooring in Kennydale, Renton, Washington.^[1] On 7 December 1954, she was sold to Birchfield Boiler, Inc., of Tacoma, Washington for $7,156.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "USCGC Atalanta". naval-history.net. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
^ Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.
^ "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Coast Guard Cutters & Craft". Ibiblio . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
^ Ostrom, Thomas P. (May 13, 2009). The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions. McFarland & Company. p. 140. ISBN 9780786442560.

External links[edit]

"U.S. Coast Guard & Revenue Cutter Logbooks - National Archives Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785-2005". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 21, 2020.

[NavHist-1] "USCGC Atalanta". naval-history.net. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

[2] Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.

[3] "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Coast Guard Cutters & Craft". Ibiblio . Retrieved March 20, 2020.

[4] Ostrom, Thomas P. (May 13, 2009). The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions. McFarland & Company. p. 140. ISBN 9780786442560.

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v t e Thetis-class patrol boats
United States Coast Guard	Argo Ariadne Atalanta Aurora Calypso Cyane Daphne Dione Galatea Hermes Icarus Nemesis Nike Pandora Perseus Thetis Triton Electra
United States Navy	Potomac (ex-Electra) Calypso
Dominican Navy	Restauración (ex-Galatea) Independencia (ex-Icarus) Rafael Atoa / Libertad (ex-Thetis)
Preceded by: Lake class Followed by: Algonquin class
List of cutters of the United States Coast Guard