Thetis-class patrol boat
USCGC Argo (WPC-100) underway during World War II, circa 1944. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Thetis class |
Operators | United States Coast Guard |
Built | 1931–1934 |
In commission | 1931–1967 |
Completed | 18 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thetis-class patrol boat[1] |
Displacement |
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Length | 165 ft (50 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power | 1,340 bhp |
Propulsion | 2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW) |
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The Thetis-class patrol boat was a class of 18 steel-hulled cutters of the United States Coast Guard built from 1931 to 1934.[2][3]
Ships
[edit]- USCGC Argo (WPC-100)
- USCGC Ariadne (WPC-101)
- USCGC Atalanta (WPC-102)
- USCGC Aurora (WPC-103)
- USCGC Calypso (WPC-104)
- USCGC Cyane (WPC-105)
- USCGC Daphne (WPC-106)
- USCGC Dione (WPC-107)
- USCGC Electra (WPC-187)
- USCGC Galatea (WPC-108)
- USCGC Hermes (WPC-109)
- USCGC Icarus (WPC-110)
- USCGC Nemesis (WPC-111)
- USCGC Nike (WPC-112)
- USCGC Pandora (WPC-113)
- USCGC Perseus (WPC-114)
- USCGC Thetis (WPC-115)
- USCGC Triton (WPC-116)
References
[edit]- ^ Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2019.
- ^ Clancey, Patrick. "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Coast Guard Cutters & Craft". HyperWar Foundation via Ibiblio. Retrieved March 20, 2020.