USCGC ''Champlain'' was a of the
United States Coast Guard
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, launched on 20 June 1928 and commissioned on 23 March 1929.
After 12 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the
British Royal Navy
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as part of the
Lend-Lease Act
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.
Career
US Coast Guard – ''Champlain''
After commissioning in January 1929, ''Champlain'' was
homeported in
Stapleton, New York.
Royal Navy – ''Sennen''
As part of the
Lend-Lease Act
Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, ...
she was transferred to the
Royal Navy
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where she was renamed HMS ''Sennen'' (Y21) and commissioned on 12 May 1941.
On 19 May 1943, ''Sennen'' assisted in the sinking of
U-954 by
depth charge
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s. At the end of the war, in March 1946, she was returned to the
USCG
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
.
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US Coast Guard – ''Champlain'' (post war)
Upon her return to the USCG
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
, her original name was restored and she was given the hull number and designation WPG-319. She was then placed into reserve status until March 1948 when she was sold to Hughes Brothers, Inc. of New York.[
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See also
* List of United States Coast Guard cutters
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Organizations
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References
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Lake-class cutters
Banff-class sloops
Ships of the United States Coast Guard
World War II sloops of the United Kingdom
1928 ships