HMS Sennen (Y21)
USCGC Champlain on the International Ice Patrol, circa mid-1930s.
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| Name: | USCGC Champlain (1929) |
| Namesake: | Lake Champlain |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1928 |
| Launched: | 11 October 1928 |
| Commissioned: | 24 January 1929 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 May 1941 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy |
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| Name: | HMS Culver (Y 87) |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1941 |
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| Name: | USCGC Champlain (WPG-319.) |
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| Displacement: | 2,075 long tons (2,108 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers |
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| Complement: | 97 |
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The USCGC Champlain (1929) was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 Jun 1928 and commissioned on 23 Mar 1929. After 12 years of service to the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the British Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.
After commissioning in January 1929, the Champlain was homeported in Stapleton, New York.
As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed the HMS Sennen (Y 21) and commissioned on 12 May 1941. On 19 May 1943, the Sennen assisted HMS Jed (K 235) in the sinking of U-954 via depth charge. At the end of the war, in March 1946, she was returned to the USCG.
Upon her return to the USCG, her original name was restored and she was given the hull number and designation WPG-319. She was then placed into reserve status until March 1948 when she was sold to Hughes Brothers, Inc. of New York.
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