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USCGC Mendota

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Jun, 1928 
Launched27 Nov, 1928 
Commissioned23 Mar, 1929 
End service30 Apr, 1941 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Navy on 30 April 1941 being renamed HMS Culver.

On 31 January 1942 HMS Culver was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic by the German submarine U-125

Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Culver

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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