USCG CG-74339
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= CG-255_being_lowered_at_dockyard_of_A._W._de_Young_Boat_&_Shipbuilding_Company,_1924.jpg |Ship caption= CG-255 being lowered at the A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, 1924 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=United States Coast Guard |Ship flag= File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png |Ship name=*CG–255 (1925–1943) |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=1924/1925 |Ship ordered= 1924 |Ship laid down=18 August 1924 |Ship launched=25 November 1924 |Ship completed = 26 December 1924 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, Alameda, California |Ship decommissioned= 1947 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= 1947 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Decommissioned 1947 | Ship notes= | Ship identification=
}} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= {{GRT|37.5}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|74.9|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam= {{convert|13.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|3.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers |Ship power= 500 SHP |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship complement= 8 |Ship sensors= |Ship armament=*1 x 1-pounder gun forward |Ship armour= }} |
CG-74339 (ex CG-255) was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard.
History
She was laid down at the Alameda, California shipyard of the A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard,{{Cite book|first=James T. |last=Flynn, Jr. |authorlink= |title= Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915–2012|date=June 23, 2014 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/11/2001901931/-1/-1/0/FLYNN_SMALL_CUTTERS_WPBS-2014.PDF |accessdate=}}{{Cite web|first=Tim |last=Colton |authorlink= |title=Patrol and Training Craft (YP) |website=shipbuildinghistory.com |date=March 28, 2017|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/yp.htm |accessdate=}} 10 of which were built by de Young.{{Cite web|first= Tim|last=Colton |authorlink= |title= Pre-WWII Construction by Other Boatbuilders on the Pacific Coast |website=shipbuildinghistory.com|date=|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/other/pacificprewar.htm |accessdate=August 7, 2021}} She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.{{cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/01/2001772272/-1/-1/0/RUMWAR.PDF |title=Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series) |first=Donald L. |last=Canney |date=1989 |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard |accessdate=17 March 2020|quote=The final plans were available in April 2014 and the first of the class, CG-100, was commissioned on October 21, 1924. CG-302, the last completed, was commissioned July 18, 1925. An average of five completed each week.}} She was laid down on 18 August 1924, launched on 25 November 1924, and delivered 26 December 1924.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev2225paci/page/n133/mode/2up?q=255|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Progress of Construction - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company|pages= 104|magazine=Pacific Marine Review|volume= 22|date= February 1925}} She was commissioned in 1924/1925 as CG-255. By 1943, during World War II, she was designated CG-74339 (the "74" referring to her length of 74 feet 11 inches). She was decommissioned for disposal in 1947.
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Category:Ships built in Alameda, California
Category:Ships of the United States Coast Guard
Category:Ships built by the A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company