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Agassiz

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
WPC125, 2.1942- WSC125	Active	320	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1.1927	sold 9.1963
WPC126, 2.1942- WSC126, 5.1966- WMEC126	Agassiz	321	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1/1927	sold 10.1969
WPC127, 2.1942- WSC127, 5.1966- WMEC127	Alert	322	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1/1927	sold 10.1969
WPC128, 2.1942- WSC128	Antietam, 6.1943- Bedloe	323	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1/1927	foundered 14.9.1944
WPC129, 2.1942- WSC129	Bonham	324	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1.1927	sold 12.1959
WPC130, 2.1942- WSC130	Boutwell	325	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	2.1927	sold 5.1964
WPC131, 2.1942- WSC131, 5.1966- WMEC131	Cahoone	326	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	2.1927	sold 12.1968
WPC132, 2.1942- WSC132, 5.1966- WMEC132	Cartigan	327	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	3.1927	sold 4.1969
WPC133, 2.1942- WSC133	Montegomery, 4.1933- Colfax	340	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	22.3.1927	4.1927	sold 1.1956
WPC134, 2.1942- WSC134	Crawford	328	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	2.1927	sold 8.1947
WPC135, 2.1942- WSC135	Diligence	330	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	2.1927	sold 1.1963
WPC136, 2.1942- WSC136	Dix	331	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	3.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC137, 2.1942- WSC137, 5.1966- WMEC137	Ewing	332	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	15.3.1927	3.1927	sold 1.1969
WPC138, 2.1942- WSC138	Faunce	333	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	15.3.1927	3.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC139, 2.1942- WSC139, 5.1966- WMEC139	Frederick Lee	334	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	15.3.1927	3.1927	sold 5.1966
WPC140, 2.1942- WSC140, 5.1966- WMEC140	General Greene	335	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	14.2.1927	3.1927	preserved 11.1968
WPC141, 2.1942- WSC141	Harriet Lane	319	New York SB, Camden	7.1926	30.11.1926	1.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC142, 2.1942- WSC142	Jackson	336	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	14.2.1927	3.1927	foundered 14.9.1944
WPC143, 2.1942- WSC143, 5.1966- WMEC143	Kimball	349	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	25.4.1927	5.1927	sold 2.1970
WPC144, 2.1942- WSC144, 5.1966- WMEC144	Legare	337	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	14.2.1927	3.1927	sold 11.1968
WPC145, 2.1942- WSC145	Marion	338	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	15.3.1927	4.1927	sold 3.1963
WPC146, 2.1942- WSC146, 5.1966- WMEC146	McLane	339	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	22.3.1927	4.1927	sold 11.1969
WPC147, 2.1942- WSC147, 5.1966- WMEC147	Morris	341	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	4.4.1927	4.1927	for disposal 8.1970
WPC148, 2.1942- WSC148	Nemaha	342	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	4.4.1927	4.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC149, 2.1942- WSC149	Pulaski	343	New York SB, Camden	12.1926	4.4.1927	4.1927	sold 7.1948
WPC150, 2.1942- WSC150	Reliance	344	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	18.4.1927	4.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC151, 2.1942- WSC151	Rush	345	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	18.4.1927	4.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC152, 2.1942- WSC152	Tiger	346	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	18.4.1927	4.1927	sold 6.1948
WPC153, 2.1942- WSC153	Travis	347	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	18.4.1927	4.1927	sold 11.1962
WPC154, 2.1942- WSC154	Vigilant	348	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	25.4.1927	5.1927	sold 1.1956
WPC155, 2.1942- WSC155	Woodbury	350	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	22.5.1927	6.1927	USN tug 7.1948
WPC156, 2.1942- WSC156, 5.1966- WMEC156	Yeaton	351	New York SB, Camden	2.1927	2.5.1927	5.1927	sold 7.1970
WPC157	Cuyahoga	329	New York SB, Camden	8.1926	27.1.1927	3.1927 // ----	commissioned as miscellaneous auxiliary WIX157

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	220
Displacement full, t	289
Length, m	36.6 wl 38.1 oa
Breadth, m	7.11
Draught, m	2.13
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	600
Max speed, kts	13.3
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500 (12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 4.7.11/13/14
Complement	38

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Project history

Cutters of this class were intended for intercept rum runners during Prohibition. For this purpose they have appeared are of little use because of low speed.

Modernizations

1941, all: + 2 DCR

1942 - 1943, all: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL

1943 - 1944, many: - 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, SO radar

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCR

1960, all survived: were armed with 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3 only, presumably SPN-11 radar

Naval service

Antietam and Jackson were lost 14.9.1944 at Cape Gatteras during a storm.