Dragger NORTH STAR

Dragger NORTH STAR

Dragger NORTH STAR at Snow's wharf. Large American flag on bow to identify her as a neutral vessel. "North Star was acquired for service for a fee 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 and renamed Nanok. She was immediately assigned to CINCLANT and the Greenland Patrol and was homeported in Boston." Builder: Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, ME Commissioned: Commercial: 1941 USCG: 1 June 1942 Decommissioned: 25 July 1944 Disposition: returned to owner 14 September 1944 Cost: Acquisition War Shipping Administration loan; conversion $75,000 Hull: Displacement (tons)- 300 fl (1942) Tonnage- 220 gross (1941); 101 net (1941) Length- 120' oa; 115 bp Beam- 23' 5" max Draft- 12' (max) Machinery Main Engines- 1 Fairbanks Morse, 2 cycle diesel BHP- 500 Propellers- Single -- Tim Sullivan 2012