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USCGC Itasca (1929) |
 USCGC Itasca (1929). |
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| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | General Engineering and Drydock Company, Oakland, California |
| Launched: | 16 November 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 12 July 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 May 1941 |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Gorleston |
| Commissioned: | 30 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 April 1946 |
| Notes: | World War II Lend-Lease |
| Career (United States) | |
| Commissioned: | 23 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 28 September 1950 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 4 October 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,075 long tons (2,108 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers |
| Speed: | 14.8 kn (27.4 km/h/17.0 mph) cruising 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h/20.1 mph) maximum |
| Complement: | 97 (in 1940) |
| Armament: | 1 x 5"/51; 1 x 3"/50; 2 x 6-pdrs (in 1929) |
The USCGC Itasca was a 250' Lakes Class Cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 16 November 1929 and commissioned 12 July 1930. The ship was decommissioned in 1941 on lend lease to the United Kingdom where she received a name change, becoming the HMS Gorleston and was returned to the United States in 1946. The ship was finally sold for scrap in 1950.1
Itasca is most famous as the "picket ship" that would provide air navigation and radio links for Amelia Earhart when she made her 1937 flight around the world. Itasca attempted to keep in radio contact with her, however, they couldn't manage to keep contact as Earhart had difficulty in using her radio equipment.
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