Return to 1915 to 1940

World War I

The Coast Guard fought WWI with the cutters carried over from the RCS plus the Tallapoosa-Class

205′ Algonquin Class Steam Brigantine
Commissioned as Revenue Cutters without hull numbers
Last RC class rigged with sails
Though Gresham was the lead ship, design changes
common to the other 4 caused the class to be named after Algonquin
Classified Cruising Cutters in 1915
Reclassified First Class Cruising Cutters in 1925
Decommissioned in 1935
Gresham was re-acquired for WWII service
Hull number assigned in 1939 and reclassified Patrol Gunboat
Decommissioned in 1947
Model: No

Designation Name Class

Hull Service Comments Pictures
USRC/USCGC Gresham WPG 85 1897 – 1947 Gresham had been sold for scrap in 1935
Reacquired in 1943 due to wartime needs
Assigned to EASTSEAFRON
Decommissioned permanently on 7 April 1944
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USRC/USCGC Onondaga 1898 – 1923 CGH
USRC/USCGC Algonquin 1898 – 1930 CGH
USRC/USCGC Manning 1898 – 1930 CGH
USRC/USCGC Mohawk 1904 – 1917 Sunk in collision with SS Vennacher CGH

190′ Miami Class
Commissioned as Revenue Cutters without hull numbers
Classified Cruising Cutters in 1915
Miami was renamed Tampa and was lost in WWI
Unalga was reclassified First Class Cruising Cutter in 1925
Hull number were assigned in 1939 and reclassified Patrol Gunboat
Decommissioned in 1945
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USRC/USCGC Miami
later Tampa)
1912 – 1916 CGH
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USRC/USCGC Tampa
former Miami)
1916 – 1918 Sunk by German U-boat in WWI
Cited by RADM Niblack, Commander US Naval Forces Gibraltar,
for outstanding service
CO, CAPT Charles Satterlee, had 2 Navy destroyers named for him
Commemorated in Semper Paratus
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USRC/USCGC Unalga WPG 53 1912 – 1945 Unalga survived WWI and had a long Coast Guard career
Assigned to the Caribbean Theater in WWII
Fought through WWII doing ASW patrols
Finally decommissioned in 1945
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165′ Tallapoosa Class
The last cutters designed by the Revenue Cutter Service
Delivered to the Coast Guard
Commissioned as Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Reclassified as First Class Cruising Cutters in 1925
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939 and reclassified
One became a Patrol Gunboat, the other a River Patrol Boat
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Tallapoosa was lead ship but Ossipee had the lower number
The 165s were officially referred to as the Tallapoosa Class
Both were decommissioned in 1945
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Tallapoosa WPG 52 1915 – 1945 Classified a WPG in WWII
Her sister was classified a WPR
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USCGC Ossipee WPR 50 1915 – 1945 Classified a WPR in WWII
Her sister was classified a WPG
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