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USCGC Vigilant (WPC 154)

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Name
  
USCGC Vigilant

Decommissioned
  
1966

Launched
  
25 April 1927

Weight
  
235.7 tons

Commissioned
  
3 May 1927

Fate
  
Sold in 1966

Length
  
38 m

Builder
  
American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey

Class and type
  

USCGC Vigilant (WPC-154) was an Active-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. She was 125-foot, steel-hulled, twin-screw, diesel-powered cutter primarily outfitted for Aids to Navigation work. She was involved in the rescue of survivors of several U-boat attacks off central Florida in the 1940s.

References

USCGC Vigilant (WPC-154) Wikipedia


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