USCGC Shoshone was a Lake-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933.
[1] After being commissioned 10 January 1931[1] with Captain Leon C. Covell in command,[2] Shoshone was homeported in San Francisco, California and participated in the Bering Sea Patrol.
[1] After being transferred to the British Royal Navy the newly named HMS Landguard (Y56) was commissioned on 20 May 1941.
[3] 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.
[3] On 6 October 1949 she was sold and scrapped.