Busko, 1942 (WYP)

Nov. 9, 2020
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Busko, 1942

WYP


Builder: Hans Graudal, Opsanger, Norway

Commissioned: 1926 (commercial); 24 January 1942 (USCG)

Decommissioned: ?

Length:  105'

Beam: 22' 7"

Draft: 10' 7"

Displacement: 142 gross tons

Propulsion: ?

Performance: ?
     Max: 
     Economic: 

Deck Gear: ?

Complement: ?

Armament: ?

Electronics: ?


HISTORY:

Busko was a former Norwegian fishing vessel that was commissioned into Coast Guard service on 24 January 1942 for use as a patrol craft in Greenland waters.  She was assigned to CINCLANT and was based out of Boston, Massachusetts.


Sources:

Cutter History File.  USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.  Washington, DC: USGPO.

Robert Scheina.  U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II.  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.