USCGC Saranac
USCGC Saranac underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Saranac |
| Namesake | Saranac |
| Builder | General Engineering and Drydock Company |
| Launched | 12 Apr 1930 |
| Commissioned | 2 October 1930 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Banff (Y43) |
| Launched | 12 Apr 1930 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1941 |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Sebec (WPG 164) |
| Recommissioned | 27 May 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 10 August 1954 |
| Renamed | USCGC Tampa |
| Fate | Sold on 16 February 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | |
| Displacement | 2,075 long tons (2,108 t) |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers |
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| Complement | 97 |
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USCGC Saranac was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 April 1930 and commissioned on 2 October 1930. After 11 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.