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USCGC Bramble (WLB-392) is one of the 39 original 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942 and 1944 for the United States Coast Guard.In commission from 1944 until 2003 she saw service in Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic waters as well as the Great Lakes.
USCGC Mesquite (WAGL/WLB-305) was the lead ship in the Mesquite class of seagoing buoy tenders operated by the United States Coast Guard.She served in the Pacific during World War II, and spent the rest of her Coast Guard career in the Great Lakes.
The USCGC Acacia (WAGL-406/WLB-406) is an Iris-class 180-foot seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. Acacia was a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender, but with equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire fighting, logistics, oil spill response, and other tasks as well.
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The 100-foot Class Inland Buoy Tenders consists of the following boats: USCGC Bluebell (WLI-313) ; Portland, Oregon , (commissioned 28 September 1944) USCGC Buckthorn (WLI-642) ; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan , (commissioned 18 August 1963)
Electrical power aboard is provided by three Caterpillar 3406 DITA generators which produce 285 kW each. [19] Each ship also has a 210 kW emergency generator, which is a Caterpillar 3406 DIT. [21] The buoy deck has 1,335 square feet (124.0 m 2) of working area. A crane with a boom 42 feet (13 m) long lifts buoys and their mooring anchors onto ...
USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) is a 225-foot (69 m) Juniper-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.. A seagoing buoy tender, Hollyhock was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on January 25, 2003.
In 1889, Congress appropriated $60,000 to construct three lightvessels to be moored at Simmons Reef, White Shoals, and here at Grays Reef. [2] The three vessels, designated LV55, LV56, and LV57, were constructed by Blythe Craig Shipbuilding of Toledo, Ohio, and were put in service in late 1891. LV57 served for every shipping season on Grays ...