The transfers took place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the sloops were manned for transport to Britain by personnel from the damaged battleship Malaya which was under repair there.

Originally cutter #45, she was named for Lake Chelan,[3] built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Massachusetts,[2] and launched on 19 May 1928.

Lothar-Günther Buchheim, author of 1973 book Das Boot (later made into a film by the same name), was aboard U-96 at the time.

Lulworth was assigned to Operation Torch following repair of damage sustained while ramming and sinking the Italian submarine Pietro Calvi on 14 July 1942 while defending convoy SL 115.

[9] Originally cutter #46, she was named for Lake Pontchartrain,[3] built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts,[2] and launched on 16 June 1928.

[10] Originally cutter #47, she was named for Lake Tahoe,[3] built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Massachusetts,[2] and launched on 12 June 1928.

[11] Originally cutter #48, she was named for Lake Champlain,[3] built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Massachusetts,[2] and launched on 11 October 1928.

[13] Originally cutter #49, she was named for Lake Mendota,[3] built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Massachusetts,[2] and launched on 27 November 1928.

While escorting the latter convoy, she was hit by two torpedoes fired by U-105 on 31 January 1942 and sank southwest of Ireland following a magazine explosion.

[16] Originally cutter #50, she was named for Lake Itasca,[3] built by General Engineering and Drydock at Oakland, California,[2] and launched on 16 November 1929.

Originally cutter #51, she was named for Sebago Lake,[3] built by General Engineering and Drydock at Oakland, California,[2] and launched on 10 February 1930.

Originally cutter #52, she was named for the Saranac Lakes,[3] built by General Engineering and Drydock at Oakland, California,[2] and launched on 12 April 1930.

After spending the remainder of the war escorting Indian Ocean convoys, she was returned to the United States on 27 February 1946 and recommissioned as USCGC Tampa in 1947.

[19] Originally cutter #53, she was named for Shoshone Lake,[3] built by General Engineering and Drydock at Oakland, California,[2] and launched on 11 September 1930.

[20] When the damage was repaired, Landguard sailed with convoy KMS 26 to join the Kilindini Escort Force in September 1943.

She served as a depot ship at Colombo until February 1946 and was sold there by the United States government in 1947 to be scrapped in Manila in 1949.

[21] Originally cutter #54, she was named for Cayuga Lake,[3] built by United Shipyards in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island,[2] and launched on 7 October 1931.