USCGC Acacia (WAGL-200)

History
United States Army
NameGeneral John P. Story
NamesakeMajor General John P. Story
BuilderFabricated Shipbuilding Corporation and Coddington Engineering Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Laid down1918
Launched15 September 1919
Acquired1920
Commissioned1920
FateTransferred to the United States Lighthouse Service, 1927
United States Coast Guard
NameUSCGC Acacia
NamesakeAcacia
Acquired1922
Commissioned14 April 1927
IdentificationHull symbol: WAGL-200
FateSunk by German submarine, 15 March 1942
NotesUSLHS absorbed by the USCG 1 July 1939
General characteristics
Class & typemine planter as built, later Speedwell-class buoy tender
Displacement1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length172 ft 6 in (52.58 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Range1,692 mi (2,723 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement
  • 33 (pre-war)
  • 44 (1942)

USCGC Acacia (WAGL-200) was originally built for service by the U.S. Army as a mine planter shortly after World War I and later transferred to the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which became part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939; when transferred the ship was redesignated as a Speedwell-class buoy tender. She was sunk in 1942 by a German U-boat.