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USCGC Champlain

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 May, 1928 
Launched11 Oct, 1928 
Commissioned24 Jan, 1929 
End service12 May, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Navy on 12 May 1941 being renamed HMS Sennen.
Returned by the Royal Navy 27 March 1946.
Sold on 25 March 1948. 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Sennen

Books dealing with this subject include:

World War II Lend-Lease U.S. Coast Guard Cutters to England, Lake Class, Borchers, Duane D., Sr.,


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