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.
| 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 |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | Small arms |
References
edit- ^ "Sycamore, 1941". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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