USCGC Tampa (1912)
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USCGC Tampa (1912-1918), formerly Miami.
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| Namesake: | City of Tampa |
| Operator: |
 United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost: | 250,000 US$ |
| Launched: | 10 February 1912 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Bernes Richardson |
| Commissioned: | 19 August 1912 |
| Maiden voyage: | 27 April 1912 |
| Struck: | 26 September 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk 26 September 1918 |
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| Displacement: | 1,181 tons |
| Length: | 190 ft (58 m) |
| Beam: | 32.5 ft (9.9 m) |
| Draft: | 14.1 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple-expansion steam power-plant producing 1,300 ihp (970 kW) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (trial) |
| Complement: | 70 |
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USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-Class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on the International Ice Patrol and also during the Gasparilla Carnival at Tampa, Florida and other regattas as a patrol vessel. It was sunk with the highest American combat casualty loss in World War I.
Miami, a cutter built for the Revenue Cutter Service by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, was authorized 21 April 1910; launched on 10 February 1912; and placed in commission by the Revenue Cutter Service at its depot at Arundel Cove, Maryland on 19 August 1912.
During the following five years, Miami performed duties typical for cutters. She served several times on the International Ice Patrol, operating out of New York City and Halifax, Nova Scotia, to locate icebergs which might be hazardous to navigation. Her first patrol began on 13 May 1913 out of Halifax, and her last ended on 11 June 1915 when she was relieved by USRC Seneca.
On other occasions, she operated out of various stations along the eastern seaboard enforcing navigation and fishing laws. Her most frequent bases of operation during that period were Key West and Tampa, Florida; the USRC Depot at Arundel Cove, and New York City. Beginning in 1914 she participated in patrolling the Gasparilla Carnival at Tampa each year in February.
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