USCGC Pontchartrain (1928)

	USCGC Pontchartrain, underway, pre-World War II.
History
United States
Name	USCGC Pontchartrain (1928)
Namesake	Lake Pontchartrain
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	29 November 1927
Launched	16 June 1928
Commissioned	13 October 1928
Decommissioned	30 April 1941
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy, 30 April 1941
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hartland (Y00)
Commissioned	30 April 1941
Fate	Sunk off Oran Harbour, 8 November 1942.
General characteristics
Class and type	Lake-class cutter (USCG); Banff-class sloop (RN);
Displacement	2,075 long tons (2,108 t)
Length	250 ft (76 m)
Beam	42 ft (13 m)
Draft	12 ft 11 in (3.94 m)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric turbine-driven 3,350 shp (2,500 kW) electric motor, 2 boilers
Speed	14.8 kn (27.4 km/h; 17.0 mph) cruising; 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) maximum;
Complement	97
Armament	1 × 5 inch gun; 1 × 3 inch gun; 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm);

USCGC Pontchartrain was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 16 June 1928 and commissioned on 13 October 1928 . After 13 years of service in the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act. She was sunk in 1942 off Oran Harbor.

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