Ottern, 1943 (WYP-379)

March 6, 2021
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Ottern, 1943

WYP-379 


Builder: Smiths Dock Co., South Bork Mdf, Norway

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

Decommissioned: 7 July 1943 and returned to owner

Length: 138 ft

Navigation Draft: 14' 8"

Beam: 26' 4"

Displacement: 260 tons full load

Propulsion: steam, single screw

Shaft Power: 1,216 SHP

Maximum Speed: NA

Economical Speed: NA

Fuel Capacity: NA

Water Capacity: NA

Endurance: Na

Complement: NA

Armament: NA


Design & Service:

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

The Ottern was assigned to the WESTSEAFRON and stationed at Monterey, 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.