USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268)
For other ships of the same name, see USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209).
| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| 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: | 2 × General Motors diesel engines 800 bhp (597 kW) 2 shafts |
| 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
- ↑ "Sycamore, 1941". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.