Regaining contact upon steadying out on her base course--she had temporarily lost it while maneuvering --Thetis bore down on the U-boat. Named for the famous Greek mythology sea nymph and mother of Achilles, the Thetis is a 270-foot Famous-class cutter with a crew of 100 and is homeported in the Conch Republic. Popular Posts. It was found that side-wheel steamers with reinforced bows were an excellent means of dealing with harbor ice, a problem common to East Coast ports as far south as the Chesapeake Bay. The third Thetis--a twin-screw, diesel-powered, steel-hulled Coast Guard patrol boat was laid down on 9 May 1931 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 9 November 1931; and delivered to the Coast Guard on 27 November 1931 ; and was accepted for service two days later. For recent photographs and videos, follow us on Flickr. She was the daughter of the sea god Nereus and the mother of the Trojan War hero Achilles. [1] Patrols last anywhere up to two to three months. POTOMAC, Thetis Class cutter, President's Yacht, Washington, D.C., 1938 black-and -white negative PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES Rosenfeld and Sons USA, DC, Washington 1938 nitrate negative overall: 4 x 5 in. She transferred to Hawaiian waters in 1909 where she investigated poaching by Japanese fishermen and transported officials of the Department of Agriculture who were studying bird populations. She remained on duty there through July of 1940. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter. The Revenue Cutter, The true "icebreaker" was yet to come, however. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast Returns to Port after 60-Day Patrol. Since that time, no matter what the vessel type, the Coast Guard and its illustrious predecessors have referred to their largest vessels as cutters (today a cutter is any Coast Guard vessel over 65 feet in length). Transferred to the Revenue Cutter Service in 1899, she served out of Seattle where she sailed on the Bering Sea Patrol along with Bear. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) joined maritime forces from 33 nations to include Gulf of Guinea, Europe, North America, and the United States and several regional and international organizations in the multinational maritime exercise Obangame, Italian Air Force F-35A, F-35B Flown in "Beast Mode" for First Time . USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) is a United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter. Assigned to Division 2, Destroyer Force, on 30 November, Thetis departed Bath on 1 December for shakedown training off the eastern seaboard. Thetis then maneuvered into the flotsam and jetsam and retrieved two pairs of leather submariner's pants of the type usually worn by U-boaters in the northern latitudes. soon made an approach and dropped a marker buoy. File photo of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Famous-class medium endurance cutter, USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910). [3], Media related to USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) at Wikimedia Commons, http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-cutter-thetis-returns-home-after-seizing-140-million-of-cocaine-in-pacific-ocean/2015/07/24/, "On 68-day patrol, cutter crew seizes 15,000 pounds of cocaine; saves 1 sea turtle, Coast Guard says", List of cutters of the United States Coast Guard, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USCGC_Thetis_(WMEC-910)&oldid=969620464, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Two turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines, 9,900 nautical miles (18,300 km; 11,400 mi), This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 14:57. Bear and Thetis, however, were constructed for work in icy regions. Commissioned 29 November 1931 decommissioned 1 July 1947 Sold 1 July 1948. : A sea nymph of Greek Mythology. The revenue cutter, The origin of icebreaking in the United States came in the 1830s, with the advent of steam propulsion. The service's first serious encounter with operations in ice came after the purchase of Alaska in 1867. She was launched April 29, 1986 and named for the Greek goddess Thetis, the mother of Achilles. The "system of cutters," the Revenue Marine, and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the nineteenth century, referred to its vessels as cutters. Laid down August 24, 1984 by Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. Download Image of The US Coast Guard (USCG) FAMOUS CUTTER CLASS; Medium Endurance Cutter USCG THETIS (WMEC 910) provides covers as a boarding team aboard a whale boat moves in for a closer look at a small boat carrying simulated illicit contraband, while participating in the 43rd annual UNITAS exercises. On 9 June, while in the course of carrying out her normal training and patrol missions off the east coast of Florida, Thetis took part in an unsuccessful search for what was suspected to be a U-boat. For the remainder of her career she transferred between Hawaii and Alaska, continuing duty as a floating court and investigating bird reservations throughout the Pacific, including making voyages to Midway Island. She is the 10th ship of the Famous Class cutters designed and built for the U.S. Coast Guard and the 3rd vessel to bear the name. Meanwhile all available surface craft were despatched to find the sub. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Anderson. a maximis ad minima, et hoc genus omne, &c., etc. For many years the Revenue Service was the sole source of Federal authority in the territory, including seven years when the Treasury Department was given charge of the rugged landmass. Legion of Merit Medal citation, Lt. Nelson C. McCormick, commanding, Coast Guard Cutter Thetis. Thetis and its sister cutters were designed for Prohibition enforcement, specifically apprehending rum running ships off the U.S. coast. PROPULSION: 2 Winton, 6 cylinder, Model 158 diesels; 1,340 bhp. In the Pacific, the ice breaking task had come about with the nation's acquisition of Alaska, nearly a third of which lies above the Arctic Circle. On 7 January 1944 she rescued 7 survivors from the USS St. Augustine. The U-boat was U-157 commanded by Korvettenkapitan Wolf Henne.