USCGC Atalanta (WPC-102)

USCGC Atalanta (WPC-102) was a 165-foot (50 m), steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard.

History
United States
Name: USCGC Atalanta
Namesake: Atalanta
Builder: Lake Union Dry Dock Company, Seattle
Launched: 16 June 1934
Commissioned: 20 Sep 1934
Decommissioned: 1 August 1950
Identification: WPC-102
Fate: sold, 7 December 1954
General characteristics
Class and type: Thetis-class patrol boat
Displacement:
  • 337 long tons (342 t) (1933)
  • 350 long tons (360 t) (1945)
Length: 165 ft (50 m)
Beam: 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Draft:
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) (1933)
  • 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) (1945)
Installed power: 1,340 bhp
Propulsion: 2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW)
Speed:
  • 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruising
  • 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum
Range:
  • 1,750 statute miles (14 knots)
  • 3,000 statute miles (11 knots)
  • 6,417 statute miles (6 knots)
Complement:
  • 44 (1933)
  • 75 (1945)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • None (1933
  • SF Radar (1945)
  • QCO Sonar (1945)
Armament:

History

She was launched on 16 June 1934 at the Seattle shipyard of Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works,[1] one of 18 Thetis-class patrol boats.[2][3] She was commissioned on 20 September 1934 and assigned to Seattle, Washington where she conducted rescue and law enforcement operations as well as annual Bering Sea patrols.[1] In September 1942, Atalanta was assigned to the United States Navy Western Sea Frontier where she conducted convoy escort and patrol duty.[1] She was one of the early ships in the "Alaskan Navy".[4]

Atalanta was decommissioned on 1 August 1950 and was placed in mothball at the Coast Guard mooring in Kennydale, Renton, Washington.[1] On 7 December 1954, she was sold to Birchfield Boiler, Inc., of Tacoma, Washington for $7,156.[1]

References
  1. "USCGC Atalanta". naval-history.net. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.
  3. "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Coast Guard Cutters & Craft". Ibiblio . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. Ostrom, Thomas P. (May 13, 2009). The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions. McFarland & Company. p. 140. ISBN 9780786442560.
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