USCGC ''Shoshone'' was a of the
United States Coast Guard
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launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.
Career
Coast Guard - Shoshone
After being commissioned 10 January 1931
[ with Captain Leon C. Covell in command,]San Francisco, California
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and participated in the Bering Sea Patrol The United States Coast Guard is the coastal defense, search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement branch of the United States Armed Forces and is one of the country's eight uniformed services. It carries out three basic roles, which are furth ...
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Royal Navy - Landguard
After being transferred to the British Royal Navy
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the newly named HMS ''Landguard'' (Y56) was commissioned on 20 May 1941.mine
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laid by U-118 in the Strait of Gibraltar
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.[ On 6 October 1949 she was sold and scrapped.
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See also
* List of United States Coast Guard cutters
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References
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Lake-class cutters
Ships of the United States Coast Guard
World War II patrol vessels of the United States
Ships built in Alameda, California
1930 ships
Banff-class sloops