Bronco, 1942
WYP 340; ex-Star 18
Builder: Akers Mek. Vaerks, Oslo, Norway
Commissioned: 1930 (commercial), 7 December 1942 Coast Guard
Decommissioned: 30 June 1945, sold 20 November 1946
Length: 123' 1"
Navigation Draft: 13; 2"
Beam: 23' 9"
Displacement: 588 tons full load
Propulsion: reciprocating steam, Scotch boilers, single screw
Shaft Power: 750 SHP
Maximum Speed: 10 knots
Economical Speed:
Fuel Capacity: 110 tons
Water Capacity: NA
Endurance: 3,100 mile radius at 10 knots
Complement: NA
Armament: 1 3"/50; 2 dc tracks
Cutter History:
A former whaler transferred to the Coast Guard from the War Shipping Administration. The Coast Guard crews found her crowded and wet. Conversion costs were $225,839.
Bronco performed patrol duty in the CARIBTSEAFRON and was stationed at Balboa, Canal Zone.
Sources:
Cutter History File. USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.
Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.