USS Calypso (AG-35)
Calypso as Circle Line XI in 2008.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Calypso |
Namesake | Calypso |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Launched | 6 January 1932 |
Acquired | 17 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1941 |
Decommissioned | 20 January 1942 |
Identification | AG-35 |
United States | |
Name | Circle Line XI |
Owner | Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises |
Acquired | 1955 |
In service | 1958 |
Out of service | 2008 |
Fate | Retired 2008 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Thetis-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 357 tons |
Length | 165' |
Beam | 25'3" |
Draft | 13'2" |
Speed | 16 knots |
The third USS Calypso (AG-35) was launched 6 January 1932 for the
Calypso was based at the
Calypso served as a Coast Guard-crewed cutter on the Eastern Sea Frontier defending the East Coast from German submarine attacks on merchant shipping and stationed at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] She rescued 42 people from SS Buarque and 54 people from Arbutan in February and March 1942. On 15 September 1943 she rescued 60 sailors from the torpedoed patrol vessel USS Plymouth despite heavy seas and sharks.[2] The Coast Guard subsequently decommissioned her on 18 July 1947.[5]
In 1955, Calypso was acquired by Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises of Manhattan, New York and converted into a tour boat. She was renamed Circle Line XI and provided river-based tours of New York City for over 50 years before being retired in 2008.[6] She was replaced by a new vessel named Circle Line Manhattan.[7]
Citations
References used
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "Circle Line's WWII Cutter May Take Its Final Manhattan Cruise". Going Coastal Magazine. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-101-1.
- Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.
- Priolo, Gary P. "USCGC Calypso (WPC-104)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. Nav Source Naval History. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- Scheina, Robert L. (1982). U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-87021-717-3.
- Scheina, Robert L. (1990). U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946–1990. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-87021-719-7.