The weather was dark, windy, and rough on 6 December as " Trepang " s conning tower broke the surface after a day's submerged inshore patrol off Luzon.
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The Royal Navy's main anti-submarine weapon before the war was the inshore patrol craft, which was fitted with hydrophones and armed with a small gun and depth charges.
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"Goldfinch " was first assigned to Inshore Patrol Force, 1st Naval District, then shifted her operations to Chesapeake Bay, where she conducted minesweeping operations off Newfoundland, to Norfolk.
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"Amber " was assigned to the Inshore Patrol of the 13th Naval District and, from May until early August, operated around Sitka, before returning to Seattle early in September.
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She set up a repair base at Saseaman Dock, using a submarine repair barge to tend small craft of the inshore patrol and for Philippine " Q boats ".
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Recommissioned 4 October 1939, she served on patrol duty with the 66th Division, Atlantic Squadron, and during the following year with the Inshore Patrol, 18th Naval District Defense Force.
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In 2010, the RNZN completed the acquisition of seven new vessels : one large Multi-Role Vessel named the HMNZS Canterbury, two Offshore Patrol Vessels, and four Inshore Patrol Vessels.
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Attached to the Inshore Patrol, " Lorikeet " was based at Staten Island for sweeping operations to keep vital New York Harbor free from the menace of enemy mines.
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In February 1951 " Whitesand Bay " sailed to Singapore for support duties off the Malayan coast, supporting of anti-insurgent operations by carrying out inshore patrols and shore bombardments.
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On 17 and 18 December, they moved two unsunk sections of the net to Manila, and then, on 19 December, reported for duty under Commander, Inshore Patrol, 16th Naval District.
