Horst Wessel (1936)
USCG Eagle WIX-327

Type:
Iron Bark
Hull Number:
WIX-327 (as Eagle)
Built By:
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany

Keel Laid Down:
February 13, 1936
Launched:
June 13, 1936
Commissioned:
September 17, 1936 (into Kriegsmarine)
May 15, 1946 (into US Coast Guard)

Decommissioned:
Stricken:
Fate:
Active
Homeport Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut

Length:
295'
Beam:
39'
Draft:
17' 6"
Displacement:
1,750
Crew:
78 (Kriegsmarine)
65 (USCG)


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