USCGC Haida (WPG-45)

History
United States
Name	USCGC Haida (WPG-45)
Namesake	Haida
Builder	Union Construction Company, Oakland, California
Cost	$775,000
Laid down	27 September 1920
Commissioned	26 October 1921
Decommissioned	13 February 1947
Fate	Sold, 20 January 1948 Scrapped, 1951
General characteristics (1945)[1]
Class and type	cutter
Displacement	1,955 long tons (1,986 t)
Length	240 ft (73 m)
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric 2.040 kVa motor with turbo generator 2 × Babcock & Wilcox cross-drum 200 psi boilers 1 × Propeller
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	96
Sensors and processing systems	SA radar SL radar QCJ-3 sonar
Armament	1921: 2 × 5"/51 caliber guns 2 × 6-pounder 1 × 1-pounder gun 1942: 2 × 5"/51 caliber guns 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × .50 caliber machine guns 4 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks 1943: 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 4 × 20 mm/80 guns 2 × Mousetrap ASW 4 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USCGC Haida (WPG-45) was a 240-foot Tampa-class United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1921 until 1947.

Ship history[]

The ship was laid down at the Union Construction Company in Oakland, California on 27 September 1920. She was launched on 19 April 1921, christened by Mrs. Frank G. Law, and commissioned on 4 October 1921.^[1]

Haida was first stationed at Seattle, Washington, before joining the Bering Sea Patrols, based from Unalaska, Alaska. Her duties included providing medical services, search and rescue, maintaining aids to navigation, fishery patrols, and attempts to enforce Prohibition regulations. In 1924 she supported the U.S. Army's circumnavigation of the globe by air.^[1]

On 7 December 1941 Haida was undergoing repairs at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. She returned to duty in Alaskan waters in early 1942, carrying out escort and rescue duties. She was assigned to weather ship duty in 1943, which continued through until March 1946.^[1]

Haida was decommissioned on 13 February 1947, and sold in 1948 to the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. She was scrapped in 1951.^[1]

See also[]

• List of United States Coast Guard cutters

References[]

External links[]

• "U.S. Coast Guard & Revenue Cutter Logbooks - National Archives Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785-2005". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 21, 2020.