By July 1942, the former cutter had left the Great Lakes to escort Alliedconvoys in the North Atlantic in the vicinity of Casco Bay, Maine; Ivigtut, Greenland; St. John's and Argentia, Newfoundland; and Sydney, Nova Scotia; into the spring of 1944. The remainder of her naval service was spent in serving on weather and ice patrol duties between Greenland and Iceland and plane guard operations in the same waters. In the latter service, she alternated with the Coast Guard cutters Frederick Lee (WPC-139), Algonquin (WPG-75), and Mohawk (WPG-78) into 1945. At the time of the Japanese surrender in mid-August 1945, Tahoma was at sea on a plane guard station.
Released from duty with the Atlantic Fleet on 30 September 1945, Tahoma was returned to the Coast Guard for a resumption of peacetime service. Tahoma was decommissioned on 5 June 1953; and stored at Curtis Bay, Maryland. She was sold to Bethlehem Steel Company for scrap on 17 October 1955.[3]
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uscgc, tahoma, other, ships, with, same, name, uscgc, tahoma, united, states, coast, guard, cutter, built, defoe, shipbuilding, company, city, michigan, completed, 1934, steel, hulled, cutter, operated, great, lakes, between, 1934, 1941, attached, coast, guard. For other ships with the same name see USCGC Tahoma USCGC Tahoma WPG 80 was a United States Coast Guard Cutter built by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City Michigan Completed in 1934 the steel hulled cutter operated on the Great Lakes between 1934 and 1941 attached to the 9th Coast Guard District and homeported at Cleveland Ohio She was named after the Tahoma Glacier on the western slope of Mount Rainier in the state of Washington USCGC Tahoma during World War IIHistory United States NameTahoma BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company Launched5 September 1934 1 Commissioned22 October 1934 1 2 Decommissioned5 June 1953 FateSold for Scrap 17 October 1955 General characteristics Displacement1005 tons Length165 ft 50 m Beam36 ft 11 m Draft13 ft 7 in 4 14 m Speed13 kn 24 km h 15 mph Complement105 Armament2 x 3 inch guns As the United States moved closed to full participation in World War II President Roosevelt issued an executive order on 1 November 1941 transferring the Coast Guard from the United States Treasury Department to the Navy Accordingly Tahoma was sometime thereafter reclassified as a gunboat and designated WPG 80 By July 1942 the former cutter had left the Great Lakes to escort Allied convoys in the North Atlantic in the vicinity of Casco Bay Maine Ivigtut Greenland St John s and Argentia Newfoundland and Sydney Nova Scotia into the spring of 1944 The remainder of her naval service was spent in serving on weather and ice patrol duties between Greenland and Iceland and plane guard operations in the same waters In the latter service she alternated with the Coast Guard cutters Frederick Lee WPC 139 Algonquin WPG 75 and Mohawk WPG 78 into 1945 At the time of the Japanese surrender in mid August 1945 Tahoma was at sea on a plane guard station Released from duty with the Atlantic Fleet on 30 September 1945 Tahoma was returned to the Coast Guard for a resumption of peacetime service Tahoma was decommissioned on 5 June 1953 and stored at Curtis Bay Maryland She was sold to Bethlehem Steel Company for scrap on 17 October 1955 3 References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here a b USCGC Tahoma NavSource Naval History Retrieved 16 March 2020 Algonquin Class HyperWar Foundation Retrieved 16 March 2020 U S Coast Guard Cutter History www uscg mil Archived from the original on 2008 09 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USCGC Tahoma WPG 80 amp oldid 1153136353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
