Name USCGC Sycamore Commissioned 9 September 1941 Length 35 m | Namesake American sycamore Decommissioned 30 June 1977 Weight 284.5 tons | |
Builder Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works, Dubuque, Iowa Class and type Sycamore-class buoy tender | ||
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.
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