Allied Warships

USCGC Saranac

Cutter of the Lake class

NavyThe United States Coast Guard
TypeCutter
ClassLake 
Pennant 
Built byGeneral Engineering & Drydock Co. (Oakland, California, U.S.A.). 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Apr 1930 
Commissioned2 Oct 1930 
End service30 Apr 1941 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy on 30 April 1941 being renamed HMS Banff.
Returned on 27 February 1946.
Renamed Tampa and recommissioned on 27 May 1947.
Decommissioned on 10 August 1954.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 16 February 1959.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Banff

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