title: USCGC Tahoe
text: # USCGC Tahoe
  
  USCGC Tahoe was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 June 1928 and commissioned on 8 November 1928. After 13 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### US Coast Guard - Tahoe
  
  After commissioning in November 1928 with Commander Leon C. Covell in command, the Tahoe was homeported in San Francisco and assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol.
  
  ### Royal Navy - Fishguard
  
  As part of the Lend-Lease Act she was transferred to the Royal Navy where she was renamed HMS Fishguard (Y59) and commissioned on 12 May 1941. In May 1944, the crew of Fishguard boarded U-852 and captured her crew after she was damaged by British aircraft. At the end of the war, in March 1946, Fishguard was returned to the USCG.
  
  ### US Coast Guard - Tahoe (post war)
  
  Upon her return to the USCG, her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold in October 1947.
  
  