Navy | The United States Coast Guard |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Class | Active |
Pennant | WPC 140 |
Built by | American Brown Boveri Electric Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 2 Dec 1926 |
Launched | 14 Feb 1927 |
Commissioned | 7 Apr 1927 |
End service | 15 Nov 1968 |
History | Decommissioned on 15 November 1968. |
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Notable events involving General Greene include:
26 May 1941
USCGC General Greene picks up the survivors from the British merchant Marconi that had been sunk by German U-boat U-98 south-south-east of Cape Farewell in approx. position 58°N, 41°W on 21 May.
5 Jun 1942
USCGC General Greene picks up ten survivors from the Dutch merchant Polyphemus that had been sunk by the German submarine U-578 in position 38°12'N, 63°22'W on 27 May 1942.
7 Jun 1942
SCGC General Greene picks up 19 survivors from the British merchant Mattawin that had been sunk by German U-boat U-553 in position 40°14'N, 66°01'W on 2 June 1942.