USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209).
History
United States
Name: USCGC Sycamore
Namesake: American sycamore
Builder: Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works, Dubuque, Iowa
Commissioned: 9 September 1941
Decommissioned: 30 June 1977
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Sycamore-class buoy tender
Displacement: 280 tons
Length: 113 ft 9 in (34.67 m)
Beam: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement: 20
Armament: Small arms

USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268), a 114-foot, 230-ton river buoy tender, was one of three such vessels (her sisters were the USCGC Dogwood (WAGL-259) and USCGC Forsythia (WAGL-63)) built to replace the stern paddlewheel steamers that the Coast Guard decided were too expensive to maintain.

References

  1. "Sycamore, 1941". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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