USCGC Comanche (WPG-76)

	USCGC Comanche (WPG-76)
History
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Name	Comanche
Namesake	The Comanche Native American tribe
Builder	Pusey & Jones Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Cost	$525,550
Laid down	14 October 1933
Launched	6 September 1934
Commissioned	1 December 1934
Decommissioned	29 July 1947
Fate	Sold, 10 November 1948, scuttled as an artificial reef 1992
General characteristics
Displacement	1,005 tons
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) mean
Propulsion	Main engines: 1 × Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbine; 1,500 shp; Main Boilers: 2 × Foster-Wheeler; 310 psi, 200° superheat; Propellers: 1 × four-bladed;
Speed	Max: 12.8 knots; Cruise: 9.4 knots;
Range	Max speed: 1350 miles; Cruise speed: 5079 miles;
Complement	6 officers, 56 men (1934)
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar: SF (1945); Sonar: QCL-2 (1945);
Armament	1934: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50; 2 × 6-pounders; 1942: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon/80 (single mount); 2 × depth charge tracks; 4 × "Y" guns; (carried 14 depth charges total)2 mousetraps.;

USCGC Comanche (WPG-76) was a United States Coast Guard cutter built by Pusey & Jones Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, and launched 6 September 1934. She was commissioned on 1 December 1934. She was used extensively during World War II for convoy operations to Greenland and as a part of the Greenland Patrol.

History
USCGC Comanche (WPG-76)
→ United States
Name	Comanche
Namesake	The Comanche Native American tribe
Builder	Pusey & Jones Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Cost	$525,550
Laid down	14 October 1933
Launched	6 September 1934
Commissioned	1 December 1934
Decommissioned	29 July 1947
Fate	Sold, 10 November 1948, scuttled as an artificial reef 1992
General characteristics
Displacement	1,005 tons
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) mean
Propulsion	Main engines: 1 × Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbine; 1,500 shp Main Boilers: 2 × Foster-Wheeler; 310 psi, 200° superheat Propellers: 1 × four-bladed
Speed	Max: 12.8 knots Cruise: 9.4 knots
Range	Max speed: 1350 miles Cruise speed: 5079 miles
Complement	6 officers, 56 men (1934)
Sensors & processing systems	Radar: SF (1945) Sonar: QCL-2 (1945)
Armament	1934: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50; 2 × 6-pounders 1942: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon/80 (single mount); 2 × depth charge tracks; 4 × "Y" guns; (carried 14 depth charges total)2 mousetraps.