Cygan, 1919
ex-SC-335
Builder: Barret Shipbuilding, Mobile, AL
To USCG: 22 November 1919
Decommissioned: 20 May 1936
Disposition:
Hull:
Displacement (tons)- 75 tons
Length- 110' oa
Beam- 14' 8.75"
Draft- 5' 11"
Machinery
Main Engines- 3 standard 6-cylinder gasoline engines
SHP-660
Propellers- three
Armament-1 1-pdr.
Design & Service:
The submarine-chaser construction program of World War I resulted in construction of 440 vessels, all of which were completed by February 1919. To free steel supplies for larger vessels, all of these vessels were built of wood in various small shipyards. Two-hundred twenty-one of these vessels were sent to Europe, but the rest were parceled out for other uses after the Armistice. The majority of the Coast Guard vessels had short service lives because they were not economical to operate or maintain. Many of these vessels were named for members of the torpedoed USCGC Tampa, lost during World War I.
This vessel was first stationed at Key West, FL. She was towed to San Francisco, CA in 1922. From 1925 to 1927 she was homeported at Ketchikan, AK. She later returned to San Francisco as her homeport.