14125b. (photo) USCGC General Greene WSC / WMEC-140 Aground at Sandwich, Cape Cod c.1960
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14125b. (photo) USCGC General Greene WSC / WMEC-140 Aground at Sandwich, Cape Cod c.1960
14125b. (photo) USCGC General Greene WSC / WMEC-140 Aground at Sandwich, Cape Cod c.1960. 8” x 10” press photo taken from the air shows good details of the cutter well up on the beach in Sandwich, where she was driven by 30-foot waves and near hurricane force winds. The cutter had gone to the aid of a disabled tug. Twenty four crewmen were rescued off the 125-foot vessel. The General Green was one of the Active Class Patrol Boats. This class of vessels was one of the most useful and long- lasting in Coast Guard service with 16 cutters still in use in the 1960’s. They gained a reputation for durability that was only enhanced by their re-engining in the late 1930’s; their original 6-cylinder diesels were replaced by significantly more powerful 8-cylinder units. The General Greene was built at a cost of $90,000 in 1927 by the American Brown Boveri Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 14 February 1927 and was commissioned on 18 March 1927. She was stationed at Boston, Massachusetts where she patrolled for rum runners and other law enforcement and search and rescue duties. The General Greene was assigned to the International Ice Patrol from 1931 to 1933. She was at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in the late 1930s and conducted an oceanographic survey off Newfoundland in 1941. Dated March 7, 1960. Includes date and description. (VG). $38.