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Bowie (U.S.C.G.S.)

Bowie (U.S.C.G.S.)
Foto: George Schneider

Historia

This patrol vessel was built in 1943 by Greenport Basin & Construction Co..

Notas históricas

After shaking down in the Caribbean Sea this vessel operated on patrol and escort duty between southern Florida and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In June 1945 PCS-1405 went to the Pacific, where this vessel was based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for some six months. Returning to the West Coast in February 1946, this vessel was modified for survey work Decommissioned in August 1946, transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

In 2007 her register was suspended.

In 2005-2010 this vessel was located on the Fraser River.

In 2010 this vesse apparently sank in the mouth of the River.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1943-1947 she was owned by the United States Navy.

In 1948-1965 she was owned by the US Coast & Geodetic Survey.

In 1967 she was sold into private hands.

In 2003-2007 she was owned by 461070 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

Armamento

1-3"/50 dual purpose mount, one 40mm gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), and two depth charge tracks

Referencias

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