Class History
The Active Class Patrol Boats were one of the most useful and long lasting in the service. 33 ships were built with 16 cutters still in use in the 1960s. The last to be decommissioned was the USCGC Morris (WSC-147) in 1970; the last in service was the Cuyahoga, sunk in 1978. They were designed for the outer line of patrol during prohibition, trailing mother ships. They gained a reputation for durability only enhanced by their re-engining in the late 1930s; their original 6-cylinder diesels were replaced by significantly more powerful 8-cylinder GE 268-A engines, each with 800 bhp that used the original engine beds and gave the vessels 3 additional knots. All served in World War II, and two, the USCGC Jackson and USCGC Bedloe, were lost in the Great Atlantic Hurricane in 1944. Ten were refitted as buoy tenders during the war and reverted to patrol work afterward.
Read more about this topic: USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157)
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