U.S.C.G.C. North Star
WPG-59
1942
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-87)
- Class: North Star - 1 wooden cutter of 1932
- Displacement: 2,200 tons
- Dimensions: 225' x 41' x 18'
- Machinery: McIntosh & Seymour Diesel engine, single shaft = 13 knots
- Armament: 2-3"/50, 6-20mm AA guns; 2 DCR
- Aircraft: Grumman J2F Duck
- Complement: 133 (17 officers + 116 enlisted men)
- Builder: Berg Shipbuilding Co, Seattle, WA, 1932
- Commissioned: 15 May 1941
- Decommissioned: 13 Jan 1944
- Notes: A wooden cutter built for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Served as a support ship during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition from 1939-41. She transported the unique Antarctic Snow Cruiser for the expedition and evacuated members of the expedition upon its conclusion early in 1941. Commissioned as USCGC WPG-59 in 1941 for service in the Northeast Greenland Patrol from 1 Jul 1941. Participated in the capture and internment, on 12 Sep 1941, of the Norwegian trawler Buskoe, which was being used by the Germans to support radio and weather stations in Greenland. Joined the consolidated Greenland Patrol in Oct 1941. Attacked by a German reconnaissance aircraft north of Jan Mayen Island on 23 Jul 1943. Transferred to the U.S. Navy 15 Jan 1944 and returned to the Department of the Interior 15 Jun 1945.
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