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 |
CGH NS |
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 NS |
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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 |
CGH NS |
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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 |
CGH NS |
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 |
CGH NS |
USCGC | Ossipee | WPR | 50 | 1915 – 1945 | Classified a WPR in WWII Her sister was classified a WPG |
CGH NS |