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USCGC Unalga (WPG 53)



Call sign:
Nan - Roger - Charlie - Uncle

ex-USRC Unalga

Unalga served the Revenue Cutter Service, the U. S. Navy and the Coast Guard.
Miami Class Revenue Cutter:

  • Built in 1912 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA
  • Launched 10 February 1912
  • Commissioned USRC Unalga 23 May 1912 at Arundel Cove, MD
  • Transferred to the Navy 6 April 1917; Returned to the Coast Guard 28 August 1919 and struck from the Navy list
  • Decommissioned 16 February 1931 at Arundel Cove
  • Recommissioned 23 April 1932
  • Transferred to the Navy in September 1933
  • Returned to the Coast Guard 1 November 1933
  • Transferred to the Navy again 1 November 1941
  • Designated WPG-53 in 1942
  • Decommissioned 10 October 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration
  • Sold 19 July 1946 and renamed Ulua and Chaim Arlosoroff
  • Ran aground 27 February 1947 at Bat Galim, Palestine
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,180 t.
  • Length 190'
  • Beam 32' 6"
  • Draft 14' 1"
  • Speed 7.9 kts. (cruising), 12.5 kts. (maximum)
  • Complement 73 (1930)
  • Armament: Two 6-pounder rapid-fire guns (1912), two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge tracks (1943)
  • Propulsion: One boiler, one 1,300ihp triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Unalga 72k National Archives photo 26-G-10-23-40(01) from the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships Robert Hurst
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