USCGC Tahoe

USCGC Tahoe was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 June 1928 and commissioned on 8 November 1928.^[1] After 13 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.

USCGC Tahoe; underway, pre-World War II.
History
United States
Name	USCGC Tahoe (1928)
Namesake	Lake Tahoe
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	5 December 1927
Launched	12 June 1928
Commissioned	18 November 1928
Decommissioned	30 April 1941
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fishguard (Y59)
Commissioned	30 April 1941
Fate	Returned to USCG, 27 March 1946
United States
Name	USCGC Tahoe
Fate	Sold, 24 October 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Lake-class cutter (USCG) Banff-class sloop (RN)
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	14.8 kn (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) cruising 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) maximum
Complement	97
Armament	1 × 5 inch gun 1 × 3 inch gun 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm)

Career

US Coast Guard – Tahoe

After commissioning in November 1928^[2] with Commander Leon C. Covell in command,^[3] the Tahoe was homeported in San Francisco and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.^[2]

Royal Navy – Fishguard

As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Fishguard (Y59) and commissioned on 12 May 1941.^[4] In May 1944, the crew of Fishguard boarded U-852 and captured her crew after she was damaged by British aircraft. At the end of the war, in March 1946, Fishguard was returned to the USCG.^[4]

US Coast Guard – Tahoe (post war)

Upon her return to the USCG, her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold in October 1947.^[2]

See also

• List of United States Coast Guard cutters