USCGC Basswood through the Straits of Mackinac on 12 May 1944
History
United States
Name
Basswood
Builder
Marine and Iron Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down
21 March 1943
Launched
20 May 1943
Commissioned
12 January 1944
Decommissioned
4 September 1998
Fate
Sold on 24 November 2000, eventually scrapped
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Iris-class buoy tender
Displacement
935 long tons (950 t)
Length
180 ft (55 m)
Beam
47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft
12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed
8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising
13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum
Complement
8 officers
72 enlisted
Armament
1 × 3 inch gun
2 × 20 mm/80
2 × depth charge tracks
2 × Mousetraps
4 × Y-guns
USCGC Basswood (WLB-388) was an Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 May 1943, and commissioned on 12 January 1944.[1][2]
^"Basswood, 1943 (WLB-388 / WAGL-388)". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^"Basswood WLB 388". Naval Cover Museum. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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