USCG CG-249

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NameCG-249
Ordered1924
BuilderGibbs Gas Engine Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Commissioned1924/1925
Decommissioned1930/1931
Stricken1930/1931
Identification
General characteristics
Tonnage37.5  GRT [2]
Length74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a [2]
Beam13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Draught3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Installed power500 SHP [2]
Propulsiontwo Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers [2]
Complement8
Armament1 x 1-pounder gun forward

CG-249 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard.

History

She was laid down at the Jacksonville, Florida shipyard of Gibbs Gas Engine Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. [3] [2] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore. [4] The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925. [4] She was commissioned in 1924/1925 as CG-249. [3] On 7 August 1927, her crew boarded a ship suspected of transporting alcohol off the coast of Florida. [5] A member of the boarded ship, Horace Alderman, murdered two Coast Guardsmen including her commanding officer, Boatswain Sidney C. Sanderlin, and a Secret Service agent before being subdued by the remainder of the crew. [4] [5] Alderman was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death; he was hung at the Coast Guard station at Bahia Mar, Florida on 17 August 1929. [5] She was struck from the register in 1930/1931. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the U.S. - Government Ship Radio Stations. United States Department of Commerce. 30 June 1924. p. 100.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-10 ex CG-194 (1924 - 1933)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Flynn, Jr., James T. (23 June 2014). Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Canney, Donald L. (1989). "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series)" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 17 March 2020. The final plans were available in April 2014 and the first of the class, CG-100, was commissioned on October 21, 1924. CG-302, the last completed, was commissioned July 18, 1925. An average of five completed each week.
  5. 1 2 3 "A Legacy of Maritime Law Enforcement". Coast Guard News. 4 December 2007.
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