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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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Size Image Description Source
Pamlico 103k Pre-World War I photo U.S. Coast Guard
Pamlico 110k c. 1927 Original photo: Robert Hurst
Replacement photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Pamlico 186k 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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