LB1992.301.161

LB1992.301.161

The 114' trawler ST. GEORGE owned by Capt. Coffin of Rockland, ME. Designed by Albert Condon and built by Snows Shipyard in Rockland in 1940. "The wooden fishing trawler St George was acquired for service to serve under charter by the Navy "for Coast Guard use as a vessel of the Greenland Patrol." After conversion, including the addition of two small depth charge tracks and minimal anti-aircraft armament, she was commissioned as a vessel of the Coast Guard on July 7, 1942 and renamed Nogak. She was immediately assigned to CINCLANT and the Greenland Patrol and was homeported in Boston." Builder: Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, ME Commissioned: Commercial: 1940 USCG: 7 July 1942 Decommissioned: 24 July 1944 Disposition: returned to War Shipping Administration on 24 July 1944 Cost: Acquisition War Shipping Administration loan; conversion $75,000 Hull: Displacement (tons)- 300 fl (1942) 1 Tonnage- 176 gross (1941); 99 net (1941) Length- 111' oa; 105' 5" bp Beam- 23' 6" max Draft- 11' 8" (max) Machinery Main Engines- 1 Fairbanks Morse, 5-cylinder diesel BHP- 500 Propellers- Single Armament- 1-6-pdr.; 2-20mm/80; 2 short track depth charge racks -- Tim Sullivan 2012