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USCGC Thetis (WPC-115) was a twin-screw, diesel-powered, steel-hulled patrol boat contructed by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine for the US Coast Guard. She was originally built for use in prohibition law enforcement but after the repeal of the 18th Amendment in 1933 she was used for general law enforcement duties and search and rescue work along the Eastern seaboard. Transferred to the US Navy during World War II, she was used as a submarine "hunter killer" and was credited with the sinking of the German submarine U-157 in 1942. Thetis was returned to the Coast Guard after World War II and decommissioned in 1947.

History
After commissioning and a shakedown cruise that included Washington, DC, Thetis was assigned to the Special Patrol Force of the New York Division and was homeported at Stapleton, New York where her duties were to enforce prohibition regulations by shadowing rum runner supply ships. The supply ships would stand just outside the territorial watersof the United States and offload cargoes of liquor to small fast boats that would then carry the cargo to the shore. By knowing the location of the supply ship at all times it was easier for the Coast Guard to intercept the illegal shipments in transit to shore.