USCGC Argo (WPC-100)
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USCGC Argo (WPC-100) underway during World War II, circa 1944.
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Name: | USCGC Argo (WPC-100) |
Namesake: | Argo |
Builder: | John H. Mathis & Company |
Launched: | 12 November 1932 |
Commissioned: | 6 January 1933 |
Decommissioned: | 30 October 1948 |
Fate: | Sold, 2 November 1955 |
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Class & type: | Thetis-class patrol boat |
Displacement: | 337 long tons (342 t) |
Length: | 165 ft (50 m) |
Beam: | 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m) |
Draft: | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW) |
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Complement: | 44 |
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The USCGC Argo (WPC-100) was a Thetis-class patrol boat belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.[1]
Career
After the U.S. entered World War II the Argo was attached to the Atlantic Fleet as a convoy escort.[1]