Globe, 1943
WYP-381
ex-Globe IX
Builder: Moss Vaerft and Dokk, Moss Norway
Commissioned: 1937 (commercial); 5 April 1943 Coast Guard
Decommissioned: 7 July 1943, returned to WSA 9 July 1943
Length: 130' 1"
Navigation Draft: 13' 3"
Beam: 25' 2"
Displacement: 600 tons full load
Propulsion: steam
Shaft Power: NA
Maximum Speed: NA
Economical Speed: NA
Fuel Capacity: NA
Water Capacity: NA
Endurance: NA
Complement: NA
Armament: NA
Vessel History:
A former whaler, the Globe was acquired from the War Shipping Administration. The conversion of the ship cost $13,750.
The Globe was assigned to the WESTSEAFRON and was stationed at San Diego, California and used for patrol duty.
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.