Atlantic, 1941 (WIX-271)

April 22, 2020
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Atlantic, 1941 (WIX-271)


Builder: Townsend & Downey S & R Company, Shooters Island, New York

Length: 185'

Beam: 29' 6"

Draft: 17' 6"

Displacement: 303 tons (gross)

Cost: Gift

Launched: 1903

Commissioned: 1 April 1941 (USCG)

Decommissioned: 27 October 1947

Disposition: Sold on 10 September 1948

Rig: Schooner

Machinery: 1 Seaburg triple expansion steam engine; 150 SHP; single propeller

Sail area: 11,058 square feet

Complement: ?

Electronics: None

Armament: None


History:

The Atlantic was a steel-hulled, three-masted schooner that was originally launched in 1903. She gained international notoriety by crossing the Atlantic from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, to The Lizard, England, in 12 days, 4 hours, and one minute. In 1905 she won the Kaiser's Cup. During World War I, she served as a mother ship for submarines.

She was acquired by the Coast Guard and commissioned on 1 April 1941. She was assigned to Headquarters but was stationed at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut where she was used for cadet training.


Sources:

Cutter History File, U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office.

Scheina, Robert L. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Craft in World War II. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982).