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History
USCGC AuroraUnited States Coast Guard
NameUSCGC Aurora
NamesakeAurora
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid downJanuary 1931
Launched28 November 1931
CommissionedDecember 1931
Decommissioned17 January 1968
IdentificationWPC-103
Honours and
awards
 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
FateSold, 16 December 1968
General characteristics
Class and typeThetis-class patrol boat[1]
Displacement
  • 337 long tons (342 t) (1933)
  • 350 long tons (360 t) (1945)
Length165 ft (50 m)
Beam25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Draft
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) (1933)
  • 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) (1945)
Installed power1,340 bhp
Propulsion2 × Winton Model 158 6-cylinder diesels 1,340 brake horsepower (1,000 kW)
Speed
  • 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruising
  • 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum
Range
  • 1,750 statute miles (14 knots)
  • 3,000 statute miles (11 knots)
  • 6,417 statute miles (6 knots)
Complement
  • 44 (1933)
  • 75 (1945)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • None (1933
  • SF Radar (1945)
  • QCO Sonar (1945)
Armament
  • 1933
    • 1 × 3 inch gun
    • 1 × 1-pounder
  • 1941
    • 1 × 3 inch gun
    • 1 × Y-gun
    • 2 x depth charge tracks
  • 1945
    • 2 x single-mount 3"/50 caliber gun
    • 2 x single mount 20mm/80 cannon
    • 2 x depth charge tracks
    • 2 x Y-guns
    • 2 x Mousetraps

USCGC Aurora (WPC-103) was a 165-foot (50 m), steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard.

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