Globe Eight, 1942
WYP-380
ex-Globe VIII
Builder: Moss Vaerft and Dokk, Moss Norway
Commissioned: 1936 (commercial), 29 December 1942 Coast Guard
Decommissioned: 3 July 1943 and returned to the War Shipping Administration on 4 July 1943
Length: 136'
Navigation Draft: 13' 2'
Beam: 25' 3"
Displacement: 587 tons full load
Propulsion: steam, single screw
Shaft Power: 1,300 SHP
Maximum Speed: NA
Economical Speed: NA
Fuel Capacity: NA
Water Capacity: NA
Endurance: NA
Complement: NA
Armament: NA
Vessel History:
She was a former whaler acquired from the War Shipping Administration. Conversion costs were $13, 750.
The Globe Eight performed patrol duty in the WESTSEAFRON and was stationed at San Francisco, California.
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.