EASTERN SEA FRONTIER
 
 
 
 
TYPICAL DAY (APRIL 1, 1942)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Status of Patrol Combat Vessels
 
 
 
 
Under Eastern Sea Frontier for
 
 
 
 
April 1, 1942.
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  C.G.C. DIX
Cape Ann to Race Point
  C.G.C. 410
Eastern Point to Minot's Ledge
  C.G.C. 456
Boston Light Ship Buoy to Cape Cod Canal
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  PC-455, PC-473 & HOLLY (YN14)
Boston
 
 
 
  REFUEL, PROVISION, AND/OR REST:  
     
 
  ST. AUGUSTINE (PG-54)
Boston
  CARTIGAN (USCG)
Boston
  CCC-453, CGC-461, CGC-468
Boston
 
     
  REPAIR:  
     
 
  SIREN (PY13)
Boston
  HARRIET LANE (USCG)
Gloucester
  EAGLE 27 (PE-27)
New London
 
     
  SPECIAL DUTY:  
     
 
  PC-471
Escort Duty
 
     
     
     
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
N. O. B. NEWPORT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  None
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  EAGLE 55 (PE-56)
Newport
  GENERAL GREENE (USCG)
Newport
 
 
 
  REPAIR:  
     
 
  ARGO (USGC)
Boston
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  ANTIETAM (USCG)
Shrewsbury Rocks to Manasquan
  PC-507
Manasquan to Barnegat
  HMS BUTTERMERE (Trawler)
Barnegat to Atlantic City
  AMc-201
15 miles S/E of Block Island to 71-56 W
  AMc-202
71-56 W to 15 mi. S/E of Shinnecock Inlet
  YP-8
Race Patrol
  CGC-480
Manasquan North
  CGC-454
Manasquan North
  CGC-478
Manasquan South
  CGC-452
Manasquan South
  CGC-469
Fire Island West
  CGC-408
Fire Island West
  CGC-176
Fire Island East
  CGC-190
Ditch Plains East
  CGC-178
Ditch Plains East
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  CGC-147, CGC-213, CGC-457
Sandy Hook
  CGC-473, CGC 481
Ditch Plains
  CGC-490
New London
 
 
 
  REFUEL, PROVISION, AND/OR REST:  
     
 
  CGC ICARUS
New York
  ZIRCON (PY-16)
Tompkinsville
  HMS WASTWATER (Trawler)
New York
 
     
  REPAIR:  
     
 
  EAGLE 48 (PE-48)
Brewers Shipyard
  CGC-406, CGC-407
Sandy Hook
 
     
  SPECIAL DUTY:  
     
 
  SYLPH (PY-12)
Sound School, New London
  CGC-157
Sound School, New London
  CGC-482, CGC-483, CGC-484
Shake Down, New London
 
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  CGC-471 & CGC-479
Five Fathom Bank to Northern District Boundary
  EAGLE 56 (PE-56)
Five Fathom Bank to Winter Quarter
  CGC-464
Local around Overfalls
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  CGC-455, CGC-477, CGC, 653, YP-49, & YP-221
Cape May
 
 
 
  STATION VESSELS:  
     
 
  ALABASTER & YP-11  
  CGC COLFAX
Lewes, Delaware
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
            USS TARBELL (DD)
Patrol Hatteras Area
   
  USS MANLEY (DD) & CGC LEGARE
Sector #1 (Offshore between 37° N. & 38° N)
  USS GREER (DD), CGC CALYPSO & CGC CUYAHOGA
Sector #2 (Offshore between 35° 30' N & 37° N.)
  HMS NORWICH CITY & HMS ST. ZEMO (Trawlers) & USS HAMILTON (DD)
(Offshore between 34° N. & 35° 30' N)
  USCG PAMLICO
Inshore Patrol
  CGC-140
off Paramore Bank
  CGC-143
en route Yorktown
  CGC-462
en route Morehead City
  CGC-463
en route vessel in distress
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  PC-330 & PC-412, CGC CUYAHOGA
 
 
 
  REFUEL, PROVISION, AND/OR REST:  
     
 
  PC-437, TOURMALINE (PY20), EAGLE 19 (PE19), USCG JACKSON, USCG CARRABASSETT, HMS HERTFORDSHIRE (Trawler), CGC-218
Norfolk
 
     
  REPAIR:  
     
 
  USCG RUSH
Berkeley
  USCG DIONE
Portsmouth
  USS DICKERSON (DD)
Norfolk
  HMS SENATEUR DUHAMEL (Trawler)
N.O.B.
  CGC-128
  CGC-228
Ocracoke
  CGC-288
Ocracoke
 
     
  SPECIAL DUTY:  
     
 
  USS ROPER at Hampton Roads with survivors of City of New York from Hatteras area
 
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
SIXTH NAVAL DISTRICT
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  USS ELLIS (DD), HMS WELLARD, HMS ST. CATHAN, HMS NORTHERN CHIEF, & HMS NORTHERN ISLES (Trawlers)
Frying Pan Shoal to Cape Lookout
  CGC AGASSIZ, PC-472
Frying Pan Shoal to New Topsail Inlet
  CGC TALLAPOOSA
Morrel Inlet to Frying Pan Shoal
 
     
  STANDBY:  
     
 
  RUBY (PY21), CGC-186
Charleston
 
 
 
  REPAIRS:  
     
 
  CGC-131
Jacksonville
  HMS NORTHERN DUKE, HMS LADE ROSE MARIE, HMS CAPE WARWICK, & HMS LE TIGRE (Trawlers)
Charleston Navy Yard
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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APRIL 1, 1942.
 
     
 
EASTERN SEA FRONTIER
 
     
     
  PATROL:  
     
 
  USS HERBERT (DD) & USS NOA (DD)
En route from New York (left 1330 Q) to patrol from Winter Quarter to Cape Charles
 
     
  REFUEL & PROVISION:  
     
 
  USS HAMBELTON (DD) & USS EMMONS (DD)
Tompkinsville
 
 
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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