Globe Eight, 1942

Jan. 25, 2021
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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.