Global InformationUSCGC Buttonwood information
 USCGC Buttonwood in 2000
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Buttonwood |
| Builder | Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company |
| Cost | $880,018 |
| Laid down | October 5, 1942 |
| Launched | May 20, 1943 |
| Commissioned | September 24, 1943 |
| Decommissioned | June 28, 2001 |
| Identification | Signal letters NRPX |
| Fate | Transferred to Dominican Republic Navy |
 Dominican Republic | |
| Name | Almirante Didiez Burgos |
| Operator | Dominican Republic Navy |
| Acquired | June 30, 2001 |
| Homeport | Santo Domingo |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics as built in 1943 | |
| Displacement | 935 tons |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power | 2 x Cooper-Bessemer GN-8 Diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 1 propeller |
| Speed | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 6 Officers; 74 Enlisted |
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USCGC Buttonwood (WAGL-306/WLB-306) was a Mesquite-class sea-going buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. She served in World War II as well as a variety of domestic missions. After decommissioning she was acquired by the Dominican Republic Navy and renamed Almirante Didiez Burgos. She is still active as the flagship of the Dominican Navy.