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USCGC SagebrushUnited States
NameUSCGC Sagebrush (WLB-399)
BuilderZenith Dredge Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota
Cost$925,134
Yard numberCG-170
Laid down15 July 1943
Launched30 September 1943
Commissioned1 April 1944
Decommissioned26 April 1988
Honors and
awards
  • 4 × USCG Unit Commendations (1982, 1984(2), 1985)
  • Coast Guard Academy Alumni Foundation Award (1985)
FateScuttled, later than 6 July 1988
General characteristics (1945)[1]
Class and type"C" (or Iris) class USCG seagoing buoy tender
Displacement935 long tons (950 t)
Length180 ft (55 m) o/a
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 × Cooper-Bessemer-type GND-8 4-cycle diesel engines
  • 2 × Westinghouse generators
  • 1 × Electric motor
  • Single screw
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement80 (6 officers, 74 men)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • SL1 radar
  • QBE-3A sonar
Armament
  • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
  • 2 × 20 mm/80 guns
  • 2 × Mousetrap ASWs
  • 4 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Depth charge tracks

USCGC Sagebrush (WLB-399) was a 180-foot (55 m) USCG seagoing buoy tender. An Iris class vessel, she was built by Zenith Dredge Corporation. On 15 July 1943 the keel was laid; she was launched on 30 September 1943 and commissioned on 1 April 1944. She was decommissioned on 26 April 1988 and scuttled at some point after 6 July 1988.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sagebrush, 1944". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

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