USS Muskeget (AG-48)

USS Muskeget (AG-48/YAG-9) – later known as USCGC Muskeget (WAG-48) – was a commercial cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was outfitted with a variety of guns and depth charge devices and sent on weather patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared with loss of all crew members; it was later determined she had been sunk by a German submarine.

Constructed in Maryland
Muskeget (YAG 9) was built as Cornish in 1923 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows Point, Maryland; acquired by the Navy 29 December 1941 from Eastern Shipbuilding Lines, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; converted from a freighter by Sullivan Drydock & Repair Co., New York; and commissioned as YAG-9 on 3 January 1942.

U.S. Navy service
Assigned to the 3d Naval District, YAG-9 performed patrol duty off New York until reclassified AG-48 and named Muskeget on 30 May.

Transferred to the Coast Guard
One month later, 30 June, the miscellaneous auxiliary was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard and served with the North Atlantic Weather Patrol into the fall of 1942. She was last reported on station 11 September.

Presumed lost at sea
When Muskeget was overdue in reaching home port later in September, Muskeget was presumed lost with its complement of:
 * 9 officers
 * 107 enlisted
 * 1 U.S. Public Health Service Officer
 * 4 U.S. Weather Service employees

Dispositioning
On 26 October 1943. Muskeget was struck from the Navy List.

Subsequent determination
It was subsequently determined that Muskeget was sunk by torpedo by German submarine U-755 on 9 September 1942.