It was a Sunday afternoon around 3:00 pm. The forward deck was outfitted with multiple holding tanks for fish waiting to be processed. USCGC TupeloWAGL/WLB-303, was a Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender built by Zenith Dredge Company of Duluth, Minnesota. USCGC, WLB-302 Madrona, Cactus Class Buoy Tender. The USCG seagoing buoy tender is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter used to service aids to navigation throughout the waters of the United States and wherever American shipping interests require. [3] The buoy deck was enclosed and used as a processing floor with 4 large freezers. [1] I was a seaman aboard the Woodbine when we had the collision. Cactus ' s preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth. The USCGC Evergreen (WAGL-295 / WLB-295 / WAGO-295 / WMEC-295) was a Cactus-class seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. Sometime Prior to 1992, Woodbine was modified and used as a mobile fish processing ship in Alaska for the Woodbine Alaska Fishing Company (WAFCO), where she was working around 2007. On 3 February 1944 Gentian was reassigned to Cape May, New Jersey and was used for maintaining navigational … Thirty-nine of these vessels were built from 1942–1944. Five vessels were later transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard and refitted as the Jonquil class of buoy tenders were after World War II. The Juniper class uses Dynamic Positioning which allows maintenance of the vessel's position within a 10 metres (33 ft) circle in winds of up to 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and waves of up to 8 feet (2.4 m). U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Cactus Class New London vicinity New London County Connecticut PHOTOGRAPHS WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 based upon the design used for the CACTUS Class. These ships originally were designated with the hull classification symbol WAGL, but in 1965 the designation was changed to WLB, which is still used today. 180' Cactus/Mesquite/Iris Class Lighthouse Tender (1967) Buoy Tender, Large (>1967) [1], At the end of the war Woodbine returned to the United States, and from 19 September 1947, was stationed in Grand Haven, Michigan, where she remained for the rest of her career.[1]. Author Topic: IRIS-Class (CACTUS-Class) Buoy Tender. Six of the vessels were transferred to the U.S. Navy as the Chimo class. The first was the 180 ft-class cutters, which were 180 feet (55 m) long. Coast Guard cutter. The preliminary design was initialized by the U.S. Lighthouse Service prior to its amalgamation into the Coast Guard in 1939. Both the Baranof and Courageous were Coast Guard 180 ft. Cactus class buoy tenders whose icebreaker hulls were built in the early 1940’s. Laid down at Duluth, Minnesota’s Zenith Dredge on 24 June 1943 as a member of the Iris subclass, she commissioned 19 February 1944 at a cost of $923,995. Her keel was. 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). Class History: When the US Coast Guard absorbed the Bureau of Lighthouses on 1 July 1939, Juniper, a 177-foot all welded steel buoy tender, was under construction and plans for a successor were on the drawing board.Plans initiated by the Bureau of Lighthouses called for the construction of several identical buoy tenders to replace existing coastal buoy tenders. A Cactus-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota. Space ship models and spacecraft models too. Built from 1942 to 1943 by Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, these 188-foot (57 m) U.S Army mine planters were designed for diesel engines but low pressure steam plants were installed instead. U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Cactus Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC Contributor Names … USCGC Tupelo WAGL/WLB-303, was a Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender built by Zenith Dredge Company of Duluth, Minnesota. The 110-foot Island-class Patrol Boats (WPB) are a U.S. Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed patrol boat. While the 180s also performed other Coast Guard missions, they lacked the speed, communications, navigation and maneuverability of the new Junipers. Join TWS for Free Today! She was built as a WAGL and redesignated a WLB in 1965. Career. USCGC Gentian (WLB-290), a Cactus- or A-class buoy tender was built by Zenith Dredge of Duluth, Minnesota.Her keel was laid 3 October 1941, launched 23 May 1942, and commissioned 3 November 1942. Career. 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