Globe, 1943

Jan. 25, 2021
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Globe, 1943

WYP-381
ex-Globe IX


Builder: Moss Vaerft and Dokk, Moss Norway

Commissioned: 1937 (commercial); 5 April 1943 Coast Guard

Decommissioned: 7 July 1943, returned to WSA 9 July 1943

Length: 130' 1"

Navigation Draft: 13' 3"

Beam: 25' 2"

Displacement: 600 tons full load

Propulsion: steam

Shaft Power: NA

Maximum Speed: NA

Economical Speed: NA

Fuel Capacity: NA

Water Capacity: NA

Endurance: NA

Complement: NA

Armament: NA


Vessel History:

A former whaler, the Globe was acquired from the War Shipping Administration.  The conversion of the ship cost $13,750.

The Globe was assigned to the WESTSEAFRON and was stationed at San Diego, California and used for patrol duty.


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.