USCGC Forsythia (WAGL-63)

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USCGC Forsythia [WAGL-63; WLR-63]; "CGC-FORSYTHIA, 113' River Tender, starboard view; Built by Avondale Marine Ways, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 16, 1943."; no photo number; photo by F. A. McDaniels, New Orleans, LA.

Forsythia, a 114-foot, 230 ton tender, was one of three such vessels (her sisters were the Dogwood [WAGL-259] and Sycamore [WAGL-268]) built to replace the stern paddlewheel steamers that the Coast Guard decided were too expensive to maintain. She was built by Avondale Marine Ways of Westwego, LA, and entered service in 1943. She was stationed at Sewickley, Pennsylvania until 1963 and then Memphis, TN, until she was decommissioned in 1977.

• Displacement: 230 tons

• Length: 113'9"

• Beam: 26'

• Draft: 5'

• Speed: 10 knots

• Armament: None

• Complement: 1 officer, 23 enlisted

• Diesel engines, twin screws, 400 hp

No.	Name	Commissioned	Decommissioned
WAGL-259	Dogwood	17 Sep 1941	1989
WAGL-63	Forsythia	15 Feb 1943	1977
WAGL-268	Sycamore	9 Sep 1941	1977

CGC Forsythia