USCGC Woodbine
Woodbine alongside the burned out hulk of USS LST-480 on 22 May 1944, the day after the West Loch Disaster | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Woodbine (WLB-289) |
| Namesake | Woodbine (plant) |
| Builder | Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Cost | $1,156,000 |
| Laid down | 2 February 1942 |
| Launched | 3 July 1942 |
| Commissioned | 17 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 15 February 1972 |
| Reclassified | WLB-289, 1965 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8884490 |
| Fate | Donated to Cleveland Public School System, 19 June 1972, sold, scrapped August 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | USCG seagoing buoy tender |
| Displacement | 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) (1966) |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) (1966) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (1942) |
| Complement | 53 (1966) |
| Armament | Small arms only |
| Notes | 20-ton boom with electric hoist |
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USCGC Woodbine (WAGL-289/WLB-289) was a United States Coast Guard buoy tender.
The ship, a 180 feet (55 m) Cactus- or A-class tender, was built in Duluth, Minnesota by the Zenith Dredge Company, laid down on 2 February 1942, launched on 3 July 1942, and commissioned on 17 November 1942, as Woodbine (WAGL-289).