title: USCGC Shoshone
text: # USCGC Shoshone
  
  USCGC Shoshone was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### Coast Guard - Shoshone
  
  After being commissioned 10 January 1931 with Captain Leon C. Covell in command, Shoshone was homeported in San Francisco, California and participated in the Bering Sea Patrol.
  
  ### Royal Navy - Landguard
  
  After being transferred to the British Royal Navy the newly named HMS Landguard (Y56) was commissioned on 20 May 1941. On 8 February 1943, she rescued 48 people from the British merchant Mary Slessor which struck a mine laid by U-118 in the Strait of Gibraltar. On 6 October 1949 she was sold and scrapped.
  
  