USCGC Balsam information

USCGC *Balsam*
	Balsam off Honolulu in 1956
History
United States
Builder	Zenith Dredge, Duluth, Minnesota
Cost	$916,109
Laid down	October 25, 1941
Launched	April 15, 1942
Commissioned	October 14, 1942
Decommissioned	March 6, 1975
Identification	Signal letters NRZB
Fate	Sold into commercial service
United States
Name	Baranof
Identification	IMO number: 8836247; MMSI number: 367135370; Callsign: WDJ2505;
Status	Active fishing vessel
General characteristics as built in 1942
Class and type	Cactus-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 tons
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 feet (3.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × Cooper-Bessemer GND-8 Diesel engines
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	6 officers and 74 enlisted men
Armament	20 mm guns, a 3 inch cannon, and depth charges.

USCGC Balsam (WLB-62) was a Cactus-class seagoing buoy tender (WLB) in the United States Coast Guard. She operated in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, then saw service along the United States West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska. After her decommissioning in 1975, she was repurposed as a crab catcher-processor and is active in Alaskan fisheries as F/V Baranof.

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History
Balsam off Honolulu in 1956
United States
Builder	Zenith Dredge, Duluth, Minnesota
Cost	$916,109
Laid down	October 25, 1941
Launched	April 15, 1942
Commissioned	October 14, 1942
Decommissioned	March 6, 1975
Identification	Signal letters NRZB
Fate	Sold into commercial service
United States
Name	Baranof
Identification	IMO number: 8836247 MMSI number: 367135370 Callsign: WDJ2505
Status	Active fishing vessel
General characteristics as built in 1942
Class and type	Cactus-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 tons
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 feet (3.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × Cooper-Bessemer GND-8 Diesel engines
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	6 officers and 74 enlisted men
Armament	20 mm guns, a 3 inch cannon, and depth charges.