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USCGC Pamlico (WPR 57)

Call sign:
Nan - Roger - Fox - Peter
ex-CG-15
ex-USRC Pamlico
Pamlico served the U.S. Revenue Service, the Navy and Coast Guard.
Revenue Cutter: Built in 1907 by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE; Launched 8 March 1907; Commissioned USRC Pamlico 11 July 1907; Designated CG-15 in 1915; Acquired by the Navy 6 April 1917; Returned to the Treasury Department 28 August 1919; Designated as a River Gunboat, WPR-57 in 1942; Decommissioned 6 September 1946; Sold 7 July 1947 and converted to diesel power; Sold to the Norris Grain Co. of New York and renamed C. W. Curlett; Sold in 1958 to the Ailsworth Transport Co. of Reedsville, VA and renamed William Dea. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 455 t.; Length 158'; Beam 30'; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 9.8 kts.; Complement 33; Armament two 6-pounders; Propulsion one Babcock and Wilcox main boiler, two triple expansion steam engines,
two shafts.
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Pre-World War I photo |
U.S. Coast Guard |
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c. 1927 |
Original photo: Robert Hurst Replacement photo: U.S. Coast Guard |
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26 May 1944 Pamlico serves as a test-bed for the floating drydock YFD-60. Other than her war-time gray paint, her appearance had changed little over the years. U.S. Coast Guard photo 6-25 |
U.S. Coast Guard |
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Pamlico history entry located on the Coast Guard Cutter History web site.
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