Global InformationUSCGC Citrus information
 USCGC Citrus in 1984 after conversion to a medium-endurance cutter.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Citrus |
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| Cost | $853,987 |
| Laid down | 29 April 1942 |
| Launched | 15 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1994 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | "Sit and Rust" |
| Fate | Transferred to the Dominican Navy |
 Dominican Republic | |
| Name | Almirante Juan Alejandro Acosta |
| Acquired | 1995 |
| Decommissioned | 2012 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cactus (A) seagoing buoy tender |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
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| Propulsion | 1 electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper-Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesel engines; single screw |
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USCGC Citrus (WAGL-300/WLB-300/WMEC-300) was a Cactus (A)-class seagoing buoy tender built in 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota, and now operated by the navy of the Dominican Republic.
During World War II, the 180-foot ship helped build LORAN stations on the Aleutian Islands. From 1945 to 1979, Citrus largely helped maintain aids to navigation in Alaskan waters. In 1980, she was converted into a medium-endurance cutter homeported at Coos Bay, Oregon.
In 1995, after 51 years' service, it was transferred to the Dominican Navy, which commissioned it Almirante Juan Alejandro Acosta.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Citrus, 1942". Cutters, Craft & Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels. US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard 180-Foot Buoy Tenders (PDF). Washington, DC: National Park Service. September 2003.
- ^ Wertheim, Eric (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2.