USCGC Vigilant (WPC-154)

USCGC Vigilant (WPC-154) was an Active-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. She was 125-foot, steel-hulled, twin-screw, diesel-powered cutter primarily outfitted for Aids to Navigation work. On the night of 24 January 1931, she was involved in the chase and capture of Canadian rum-running schooner Josephine K, which was captured off of New York Harbor with a cargo of whisky valued at $100,000 confiscated. The crew was exonerated on 31 January of blame by a Coast Guard board of inquiry in the death of the captain of the Josephine K, who was mortally wounded by a one-pound shot during the chase.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Vigilant.
Active class patrol boat, 1962
History
United States
Name: USCGC Vigilant
Builder: American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Launched: 25 April 1927
Commissioned: 3 May 1927
Decommissioned: 1966
Fate: Sold in 1966
General characteristics
Class and type: Active-class patrol boat
Displacement: 232 tons
Length: 125 feet
Beam: 23.5 feet
Draft: 7.5 feet
Propulsion: 2 x 6-cylinder, 300 hp engines
Speed:
  • Maximum: 13 knots, 1945
  • Cruise: 8.0 knots
Range:
  • 3,500 miles
  • Max. Speed: 2,500 miles
Complement: 3 officers, 17 men (1960)
Armament:
  • 1927: 1x 3"/27 1941: 1 x 3 in (76 mm)/23, 2 x depth charge tracks
  • 1945: 1 x 40 mm Bofors/80 (single), 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon/80 (single), 2 x depth charge tracks, 2 x mousetraps
  • 1960: 1 x 40mm/60

WPC-154 was involved in the rescue of survivors of several U-boat attacks off central Florida in the 1940s.

References
  1. United Press, "Commander of Coast Guard Vessel Commended for Capture of Canadian Vessel Though Captain Slain", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Sunday 1 February 1931, Volume LXVII, Number 154, page 2.

Bibliography
  • Flynn, Jim; Lortz, Ed; Lukas, Holger (March 2018). "Answer 39/48". Warship International. LV (January 2018): 23–25. ISSN 0043-0374.


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