U.S.C.G.C. Storis
WAG-38
1942
(Rhenania RH-151)
- Class: Storis - 1 cutter of 1943
- Displacement: 1,715 tons
- Dimensions: 230'(oa) x 43'2" x 15'
- Machinery: 1-shaft Diesel-electric drive, S.H.P. 1,800 = 13.5 knots
- Armament: 2-3"/50, 4-20 mm A.A. guns; 1 aircraft
- Complement: 148 (13 officers + 131 enlisted men)
- Builder: Toledo Shipbuilding Co, Toledo, Ohio
- Keel Laid: 14 Jul 1942
- Launched: 4 Apr 1942
- Commissioned: 30 Sep 1942
- Decommissioned: 12 Feb 2007
- Notes: Designed with icebreaking capability to supply stations in Greenland; closely paralleled the 180-ft buoy tenders in layout. Operated out of Boston 1942-1947. Transferred to Alaskan waters in 1957 and still in active service.
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