USCGC Pontchartrain, underway, pre-World War II.
History
United States
NameUSCGC Pontchartrain (1928)
NamesakeLake Pontchartrain
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down29 November 1927
Launched16 June 1928
Commissioned13 October 1928
Decommissioned30 April 1941
FateTransferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hartland (Y00)
Commissioned30 April 1941
FateSunk off Oran Harbour, 8 November 1942.
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement2,075 long tons (2,108 t)
Length250 ft (76 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Draft12 ft 11 in (3.94 m)
Propulsion1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers
Speed
  • 14.8 kn (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) cruising
  • 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) maximum
Complement97
Armament

USCGC Pontchartrain was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 16 June 1928 and commissioned on 13 October 1928 .[1] After 13 years of service in the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act. She was sunk in 1942 off Oran Harbor.

Career

US Coast Guard - Pontchartrain

After commissioning in November 1928, Pontchartrain was homeported in Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.[2]

On 4 December 1940 Pontchartrain rescued the entire crew of the 70 foot tugboat Edwin Duke which was in danger of sinking in a storm south of Long Island.[3]

Royal Navy - Hartland

As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Hartland (Y00) and commissioned on 30 April 1941.[4] In November 1942, while taking part in Operation Reservist carrying American troops to seize the harbour of Oran, Algeria, she was sunk by gunfire from the French destroyer Typhon within the Oran Harbor taking 34 crew members with her.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "USCGC Pontchartrain". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pontchartrain (1928)" (PDF). USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Henjes v. Ætna Ins". casetext. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Hartland (Y 00)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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