A Red-class buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard
USCGC Red Beech
History
United States
Name
Red Beech
Operator
US Coast Guard
Builder
US Coast Guard Yard
Launched
6 June 1964
Commissioned
20 November 1964
Decommissioned
18 June 1997
Identification
Callsign: NJLE
Fate
Sunk for an artificial reef in 2000
General characteristics
Type
Red-class buoy tender
Displacement
572 long tons (581 t) full load
Length
157 ft (47.9 m)
Beam
33 ft (10.1 m)
Draft
7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power
1,800 hp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion
2 × Caterpillar 398A Diesel engines
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range
2,450 nautical miles at 10 kn
Crew
32 (4 officers, 28 enlisted)
USCGC Red Beech (WLM-686) was a Red-class coastal buoy tender designed, built, owned, and operated by the United States Coast Guard. She was launched in 1964 and homeported at Governors Island, New York. Her primary mission was maintaining 250 aids to navigation along the Hudson River, East River, Raritan River, Kill Van Kull, Arthur Kill, and throughout New York Harbor. Her secondary missions included search and rescue, light icebreaking, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection.[1]Red Beech was initially assigned to the 3rd Coast Guard District,[2] but was later moved to the 1st Coast Guard District when the 3rd was absorbed in a reorganization.[3]
At the end of her Coast Guard career she was sunk off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland as part of an artificial reef.[4]
^"Red Beech, 1964 (WLM 686)". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^Papp, jr., Lt. Robert J. (1982). "A few days in the life of the Buoy Tender Red Beech". The Bulletin. 44 (2): 30–33.
^Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Coast Guard Vessel To Be Part Of Reef". Daily Times. 7 June 2000. p. 3.
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