USS Forsyth (PF-102) [SEP] vessel class
USS Forsyth (PF-102)
USS "Forsyth" (PF-102) was a United States Navy in commission from 1945 to 1946, which saw service in the final months of World War II and the first months of the postwar period. After her Navy career concluded, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC "Forsyth" (WPF-102) from March to August 1946. In 1947 she was sold to the Government of the Netherlands, for which she served as the civilian weather ship SS "
The U.S. Navy transferred "Forsyth" to the Maritime Commission for disposal. The Maritime Commission sold her to the Netherlands in 1947.
Service as Dutch weather ship.
In the Netherlands, the ship entered service in 1947 as the civilian weather ship SS "Cumulus", performing weather-reporting duties for the Dutch government until 1963.
"Cumulus" was scrapped in 1969.
References.
- NavSource Online Frigate Photo Archive USCGC Forsyth (PF 102) ex-USS Forsyth (PF 102) ex-