VERTIERES

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Modified Cape Class Coast Guard Cutter Keel Laid Built at U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtiss Bay, Maryland VERTIERES GC-9 (Haitian Naval Service) Transferred to Haiti at Norfolk, Virginia, in Oct. 1956 and commissioned in Dec. 1956 Fate unknown

 

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1. Vertieres Covers Page 1     (Date)

 

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Capricornus AKA-57

1961-06-25

"Welcome to Norfolk" Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the John Young collection.

 

 

Additional Naming History Sources

U. S. COAST GUARD YARD Baltimore MD page at Shipbuildinghistory.com has the following entry for VERTIERES:

Class	#	Original Name	Ship Type	Feet	Tons	Build	Disposition
-	-	Cape ?	Patrol Craft	-	140	1956	To Haiti as Vertieres

The page lists six 140-ton patrol craft being built from 1956-60 and immediately sent to foreign countries (1 to Haiti, 4 to Iran, 1 to Saudi Arabia). They do not show any US Coast Guard name, designation, or hull number. The page gives an 'Original Name' of "Cape ?" but note that these vessels, all at 140 tons, were larger that the standard 98-ton "Cape" vessels.

One of the ships sent to Iran was named KAIVAN. The Wikipedia page for Iranian Kaivan-class vessels says the following:
"The Kaivan is a class of large patrol craft operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. They [sic] ships in the class are modified versions of the American Cape-class vessels, built by the United States Coast Guard Yard in the 1950s." The article notes there is disagreement between various sources as to the actual tonnage.

Jane's Fighting Ships 1960-61 has the following entry for VERTIERES GC-9:
     LA CRETE A PIERROT (ex-U.S.C.G. 95315)
     VERTIERES
     Former United States Coast Guard cutters, steel type. Built at U.S. Coast Guard Yard,
     Curtiss Bay, Maryland. La Crete a Pierrot was acquired on 26 Feb. 1956. Vertieres was
     transferred to Haiti at Norfolk, Virginia, in Oct. 1956 and commissioned in Dec. 1956.
     Pennant Nos. GC 8 and GC 9, respectively.

NavSource lists a previous ship in the Haitian navy named VERTIERES. It is the former USS APc-92 (small coastal transport) sold to Haiti, 18 June 1952. The ship was lost (date unknown).

The above Jane's Fighting Ships 1960-61 has the following entry for the Haitian vessel ARTIBONTE GC-5 (ex-U.S. LCT) that mentions the predecessor VERTIERES GC-6:
     Salvaged by Haitian Coast Guard after grounding. Pennant No. GC 5.
     Laid up in reserve having been damaged by grounding in Mar. 1956.
     Vertieres GC 6 (ex-U.S.S. ARC 92) was lose [lost] at sea.

 

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