U.S.C.G.C. Chelan
CGC-45
1942
(Neptun 1397e)
- Class: Chelan - 10 cutters of 1927
- Displacement: 2,075 tons
- Dimensions: 250(oa) x 42 x 16 ft.
- Machinery: 1-shaft turbo-electric drive, S.H.P. 3,350 = 17 knots
- Armament: 1-5"/51, 1-3"/50, 2-6pdr guns
- Complement: 97
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Quincy, MA
- Keel Laid:
- Launched: 19 May 1928
- Commissioned: 5 Sep 1928
- Decommissioned: 2 May 1941
- Notes: Assigned initially to Seattle, with annual Bering Sea Patrol duties in addition to regular patrol work. Transferred to Boston in 1937. Rescued crew of foundering Norwegian steamer SS Bjerkli in Mar 1937. Assigned to International Ice Patrol in 1940. Transferred to Great Britain in 1941 under Lend-Lease program and renamed HMS Lulworth. Served as convoy escort in the Atlantic from Sep 1941 to Sep 1943, during which she sank the Italian submarine Pietro Calvi, 15 Jul 1942. Transferred to Eastern Fleet for convoy duty in the Indian Ocean, including escort for landings at Rangoon, Burma, May 1945. Returned to US 12 Feb 1946 and sold 23 Oct 1947.
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