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USCGC Chelan

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Nov, 1927 
Launched19 May, 1928 
Commissioned5 Sep, 1928 
End service12 May, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Navy on 12 May 1941 being renamed HMS Lulworth.
Returned by the Royal Navy on 12 February 1946.
Sold on 23 October 1947.  
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Lulworth

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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