USCGC Spencer (WPG-36)

History
USCGC Spencer during World War II
United States
Name	USCGC Spencer
Builder	New York Navy Yard
Laid down	11 September 1935
Launched	6 January 1937
Commissioned	1 March 1937
Decommissioned	23 January 1974
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 8 October 1981 to North American Smelting Co.
General characteristics
Class & type	Treasury-class cutter
Displacement	2,216 long tons (2,252 t; 2,482 short tons)
Length	327 ft (99.67 m)o/a
Beam	41 ft (12.50 m)
Draught	12.5 ft (3.81 m)
Propulsion	2 oil-fueled Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 shafts Westinghouse geared turbines 6,200 ihp (4,600 kW)
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h)
Range	12,300 nautical miles (22,780 km) at 11 knots (20.4 km/h)
Capacity	135,180 US gallons (511,712 L)
Complement	1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 134 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	1940s: HF/DF: DAR (converted British FH3) Radar: SC-4, SGa Fire Control Radar: Mk-26 Sonar: QC series 1960s: Radar: AN/SPS-29D; AN/SPA-52 Fire Control Radar: Mk-26 MOD 4 Sonar: AN/SQS-11
Armament	1936: 3 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal 2 × 6-pounders 1 × 1-pounder 1941: 3 × 5"/51 cal 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal 4 × 50cal M2 Browning 2 × depth charge racks 1 × "Y" gun depth charge projector 1943: 2 × 5"/51 cal 4 × 3"/50 cal 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon/80cal 1 × Hedgehog 6 × "K" gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks 1945: 2 × 5"/38 cal 3 × 40 mm/60 cal (twin mount) 4 × 20 mm/80 cal 1946: 1 × 5"/38 cal 1 × 40 mm/60 cal (twin mount) 2 × 20 mm/80 cal 1 × Hedgehog 1966: 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 Mk30 MOD75 1 × Mk52 MOD3 Director 1 × Mk10-1 Hedgehog 2 (P&S) × Mk32 MOD5TT 4 × MK44 MOD1 torpedoes 2 × .50 cal MK2 Browning MG 2 × MK13 high-altitude parachute flare mortars
Aircraft carried	1 Grumman JF-2 Duck or Curtiss SOC-4

USCGC Spencer (WPG-36) was a Treasury-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard that served between 1937 and 1974, seeing action during World War II. She was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary John Canfield Spencer.