Carr, 1919
ex-Eagle 30
Builder: Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
Commissioned:
USN: 14 August 1919
USCG: 19 December 1919
Decommissioned: 16 November 1922
Disposition: Sold 16 November 1922
Hull:
Displacement (tons)- 615 tons
Length- 200' 9" oa
Beam- 33' 1"
Draft- 8' 6"
Machinery
Main Engines- Geared turbine
SHP- 2,500
Armament- 2-4"/50, 1-3"/50 (USN)
Complement- 5 officers, 56 men (USN)
Design & Service:
These mass-produced anti-submarine vessels were designed for quick construction. The first of 100 ordered was begun in May 1918. Only 80 were completed, with many assuming minor roles after the Armistice. Because they were of flat steel plate hull construction, their seakeeping characteristics were not optimal. When transferred to the USCG these vessels were named for men lost on USCGC Tampa in World War I.
She was assigned to the USCG Depot at Curtis Bay, MD.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).