USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) at Seattle, Washington on 13 May 1944.
History
United States Lighthouse Service
Name
USLHT Cedar
Namesake
Cedar, a fragrant evergreen of the pine family
Builder
Craig Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, California
Laid down
1916
Completed
1917
Commissioned
30 June 1917
Identification
code letters: WWDO[1]
Fate
Transferred to U.S. Navy August 1917
Acquired
1 July 1919 (from U.S. Navy)
Fate
Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 July 1939
United States Navy
Name
USS Cedar
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
August 1917 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service)
Fate
Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919
United States Coast Guard
Name
USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207)
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
1 July 1939 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service)
Decommissioned
29 June 1950
Reclassified
WAGL-207
Fate
Sold for scrapping 27 June 1955
General characteristics
Type
Lighthouse tender
Displacement
1,970 long tons (2,002 t)
1919: 1,245 long tons (1,265 t)
Length
200 ft 8 in (61.2 m) (overall)
188 ft (57.3 m) (between perpendiculars)
Beam
36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Draft
13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
1919: 18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Propulsion
Two Scotch marine boilers, one 1,455-ihp (1,230-kW) California Shipbuilding triple-expansion reciprocating vertical inverted steam engine, one shaft
Speed
8 knots
Complement
29
1919: 32
Armament
As built: None;
1943: 1 x 20 mm mount; 1 x depth charge track
1945: 2 x 20 mm mounts; 2 x depth charge tracks
USLHT Cedar was a lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service in 1917 and from 1919 to 1939, and – as USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) – in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1950. She was in commissioned service in the United States Navy as the patrol vessel USS Cedar from 1917 to 1919 during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I. She also saw service in World War II under U.S. Navy control while in the Coast Guard fleet. She spent her career in the Pacific Northwest and the Territory of Alaska.
^Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the U.S. - Government Ship Radio Stations. United States Department of Commerce. June 30, 1924. p. 101.
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