El Cano, 1939
WIX; ex-Pioneer; ex-Cressida; ex-Crimper
Builder: Friedrich Krupp, Germaniawerft, Kiel Germany
Commissioned:
Private: 1927 as yacht
USCG: 1939
Decommissioned: 31 August 1942
Disposition: returned to US Maritime Commission 31 August 1942
Cost: N/A
Hull:
Tonnage- 327 gross (1939); 126 net (1939)
Length- 145' 1" oa
Beam- 28' 1"
Draft- 16' 7" max (1939)
Machinery
Main Engines- N/A
Armament: NA
Design & Service:
Designed as an auxiliary-motor sailing yacht, El Cano was rebuilt in 1939 by General Motors Corp.
1939-1942 used for merchant training.
Sources:
Cutter History File. USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.
Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.