USCGC Tahoe (1928)

The USCGC Tahoe (1928) was a belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 June 1928  and commissioned on 8 November 1928. After 13 years of service to the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the British Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.

US Coast Guard - Tahoe
After commissioning in November 1928, the Tahoe was homeported in San Francisco and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.

Royal Navy - Sennen
As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed the HMS Fishguard (Y 59) and commissioned on 12 May 1941. In May 1944, the crew of the Fishguard boarded U-852 and captured her crew after she was damaged by British aircraft. At the end of the war, in March 1946, Fishguard was returned to the USCG.

US Coast Guard - Tahoe (post war)
Upon her return to the USCG, her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold in October 1947.