Holy Cross, 1942

Jan. 31, 2021
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Holy Cross, 1942

WYP 


Builder: Bath Iron Works, Inc., Bath, ME

Commissioned:

Commercial: 1928

USCG: 14 January 1942

Disposition: returned to USN 2 May 1942

Cost: Acquired from US Navy

Hull:

Displacement (tons)- 410 est. (1943)

Length- 123' 10" oa; 116' bp

Beam- 23' max

Draft- 11' 6" max (1943)

Machinery

Main Engines- 1 Fairbanks Morse diesel

Propellers- Single

Armament: 1-3"/50; probably 2-20mm/80; 2 short depth charge tracks


Design & Service:

Designed as a beam trawler

Acquired from the US Navy; Coast Guard service N/A; returned to US Navy and became USS Kite.