Name USCGC Shoshone Launched 11 September 1930 Name HMS Landguard (Y 56) Length 76 m | Namesake Shoshone Commissioned 10 January 1931 Launched 11 Sep 1930 | |
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Builder General Engineering & Dry Dock Company | ||
The USCGC Shoshone (1931) was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.
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Coast Guard - Shoshone
After being commissioned 10 January 1931, Shoshone was homeported in San Francisco, California and participated in the Bering Sea Patrol.
Royal Navy - Landguard
After being transferred to the British Royal Navy the newly named HMS Landguard (Y 56) was commissioned on 20 May 1941. On 8 February 1943, she rescued 48 people from the British merchant Mary Slessor which struck a mine laid by U-118 in the Strait of Gibraltar. On 6 October 1949 she was sold and scrapped.
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