173′ Magnolia Class
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Magnolia | WAGL | 231 | 1904 – 1945 | Rammed and sunk by SS Marguerite Lehand | CGAA |
USLHT/USCGC | Ivy | 1904 – 1940 |
190′ Manzanita Class
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Anemone | WAGL | 202 | 1908 – 1946 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Cypress | WAGL | 211 | 1908 – 1946 | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Hibiscus | WAGL | 218 | 1908 – 1946 | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Manzanita | WAGL | 223 | 1908 – 1946 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Kukui | WAGL | 225 | 1908 – 1946 | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Orchid | WAGL | 240 | 1908 – 1945 | To the Philippines | |
USLHT/USCGC | Sequoia | WAGL | 243 | 1908 – 1946 | To the Philippines | |
USLHT/USCGC | Tulip | WAGL | 249 | 1908 – 1945 |
200’ Cedar Class
Largest tender ever built for the LHS (1,970 tons)
Model: Yes
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USLHT/USCGC | Cedar | 1917 – 1950 | CGAA |
160′ Oak Class
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Hawthorn | WAGL | 215 | 1921 – 1964 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Oak | WAGL | 239 | 1921 – 1964 | To the Smithsonian | CGH |
172′ Speedwell Class (Ex-Army Speedwell Class Mine Planter)
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Acacia (ex USAMP General John F. Story |
WAGL | 200 | 1927 – 1942 | Sunk by U-Boat The only buoy tender lost to enemy action |
CGH |
USLHT/USCGC | Ilex (ex USAMP General Edmund Kirby) |
WAGL | 222 | 1922 – 1946 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Lotus (ex USAMP Colonel Albert Todd) |
WAGL | 229 | 1924 – 1946 | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Lupine (ex USAMP Gen. W. P. Randolph) |
WAGL | 230 | 1927 – 1947 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Speedwell (ex USAMP Col. John V. White) |
WAGL | 245 | 1923 – 1947 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Spruce (ex USAMP General Garland N. Whistler) |
WAGL | 246 | 1923 – 1946 |
173′ Violet Class
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Lilac | WAGL WLM |
227 | 1933 – 1972 | Donated to Harry Lundberg Seafarers International Union School | |
USLHT/USCGC | Mistletoe | WAGL WLM |
237 | 1939 – 1968 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Violet | WAGL WLM |
250 | 1930 – 1962 | CGAA |
175′ Hollyhock Class
Last vessels designed by and delivered to the Light House Service
The third of the class, Fir, was delivered to the Coast Guard
Fir reigned as Queen of the Fleet from 1988 to 1991
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Hollyhock | WAGL | 220 | 1937 – 1982 | Sunk as reef off Florida | CGH |
USLHT/USCGC | Walnut | WAGL | 252 | 1939 – 1982 | To Honduras | CGH |
USLHT/USCGC | Fir | WAGL | 212 | 1940 – 1991 | Designed by LHS – Delivered to CG Entire career in the Pacific Northwest Queen of the Fleet 1988 to 1991 To Liberty Marine Maritime Museum in Sacramento, CA |
CGH |
177’ Juniper Class
Last vessel designed by USLHS
Model: No
Designation | Name | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USLHT/USCGC | Juniper | 1940 – 1975 |
Misc One-of-a-Kind Ocean Going Tenders
Model:
Beech: Yes
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USLHT/USCGC | Amaranth 166′ | WAGL | 201 | 1892 – 1945 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Arbutus 174′ | WAGL | 203 | 1933 – 1967 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Aspen 125′ | WAGL | 204 | 1906 – 1948 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Azalea (Lilac) 173′ | WAGL | 227 | 1933 – 1972 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Beech 101′ | WAGL | 205 | 1928 – 1963 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Birch 72′ | WAGL | 256 | 1939 – 1963 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Camellia 116′ | WAGL | 206 | 1911 – 1947 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Cherry 86′ | WAGL | 258 | 1932 – 1964 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Cottonwood 151′ | WAGL | 209 | 1939 – 1946 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Heather 178′ | WAGL | 1903 – 1940 | To the Army | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Hemlock 174′ | WAGL | 217 | 1934 – 1958 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Hyacinth 160′ | 1903 – 1945 | CGAA | |||
USLHT/USCGC | Hydrangea 164′ (former Mayflower) (former USS Suwanee) |
WAGL | 236 | 1897 – 1945 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Kickapoo 157′ | WAGL | 56 | 1919 – 1945 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Mayflower 164′ (ex USS Suwanee) (later CGC Hydrangea) |
WAGL | 236 | 1897 – 1945 | ||
USLHT/USCGC | Mangrove 164′ | WAGL | 232 | 1897 – 1946 | CGH | |
USLHT/USCGC | Rose 127′ | WAGL | 242 | 1916 – 1947 | CGAA | |
USLHT/USCGC | Shrub 107′ (ex USS F. Mansfield) |
WAGL | 244 | 1920 – 1947 |
180′ Cactus/Mesquite/Iris Class
First class of buoy tenders built for the Coast Guard
Designed with ice breaking hulls
Acacia was decommissioned in 2006
Lighthouse Tender (<1967)
Buoy Tender, Large (>1967)
Model: Yes
Designation | Name | Sub-Class | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Picture |
USCGC | Evergreen | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 295 | 1943 – 1990 | CGH | |
USCGC | Balsam | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 62 | 1942 – 1975 | CGH | |
USCGC | Cactus | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 142 | 1942 – 1971 | CGH | |
USCGC | Cowslip | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 277 | 1942 – 1973 | To Nigeria | CGH |
USCGC | Conifer | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 301 | 1943 – 2000 | CGH | |
USCGC | Gentian | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 290 | 1942 – 2006 | To Columbia | CGH |
USCGC | Woodbine | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 289 | 1942 – 1972 | To the Cleveland Public School System | CGH |
USCGC | Laurel | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 291 | 1942 – 1999 | CGH | |
USCGC | Clover | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 292 | 1942 – 1990 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sorrel | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 296 | CGH | ||
USCGC | Citrus | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 300 | 1943 – 1994 | To Dominican Republic | CGH |
USCGC | Madrona | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 302 | 1943 – 2002 | To El Salvador | CGH |
USCGC | Tupelo | 180A Cactus | WAGL/WLB | 303 | 1943 – 1975 | CGH | |
USCGC | Ironwood | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 297 | 1943 – 2000 | To Department of Interior Training vessel for Maritime Training Program |
CGH |
USCGC | Mesquite | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 305 | 1943 – 1989 | Sunk as reef in Keystone Bay | CGH |
USCGC | Buttonwood | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 306 | 1943 – 2001 | To Dominican Republic | CGH |
USCGC | Planetree | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 307 | 1943 – 1999 | CGH | |
USCGC | Papaw | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 308 | 1943 – 1999 | Donated to Canvasback Missions Benicia, CA | CGH |
USCGC | Sweetgum | 180B Mesquite | WAGL/WLB | 309 | 1943 – 2002 | To Panama | CGH |
USCGC USS/USNS |
Redbud | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB T-AKL |
398 | 1944 – 1949 | To the Navy for DEW line construction and support | NS |
USCGC | Basswood | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 388 | 1944 – 1998 | CGH | |
USCGC | Bittersweet | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 389 | 1944 – 1997 | To Estonia | CGH |
USCGC | Blackhaw | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 390 | 1944 – 1993 | To the Navy | CGH |
USCGC | Blackthorn | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 391 | 1944 – 1980 | Sunk in collision | CGH |
USCGC | Bramble | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 392 | 1944 – 2003 | Museum ship in Port Huron | CGH |
USCGC | Firebush | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 393 | 1944 – 2003 | To Nigeria | CGH |
USCGC | Hornbeam | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 394 | 1944 – 1999 | CGH | |
USCGC | Iris | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 395 | 1944 – 1995 | CGH | |
USCGC | Mallow | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 396 | 1944 – 1997 | CGH | |
USCGC | Mariposa | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 397 | 1944 – 2000 | To Navy as training vessel | CGH |
USCGC | Sagebrush | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 399 | 1944 – 1988 | Artificial reef | CGH |
USCGC | Salvia | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 400 | 1944 – 1991 | To the Navy | CGH |
USCGC | Sassafrass | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 401 | 1944 – 2003 | To Nigeria | CGH |
USCGC | Sedge | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 402 | 1944 – 2002 | To Nigeria | CGH |
USCGC | Spar | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 403 | 1944 – 1997 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sundew | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 404 | 1944 – 2004 | CGH | |
USCGC | Sweetbriar | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 405 | 1944 – 2001 | To Ghana | CGH |
USCGC | Acacia | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 406 | 1944 – 2006 | CGH | |
USCGC | Woodrush | 180C Iris | WAGL/WLB | 407 | CGH |
189′ Ivy Class (ex Chimo Class Mine Layer)
Acquired from the Army
All were decommissioned in 1967/1968
Lighthouse Tender (<1967)
Buoy Tender, Large (>1967)
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Ivy (ex USS Barbican) (ex Colonel George Armistead) |
WABL/WLB | 329 | 1947 – 1969 | NS | |
USCGC | Jonquil (ex USS Bastion) (ex Colonel Henry J. Hunt) |
WAGL/WLB | 330 | 1946 – 1969 | NS | |
USCGC | Heather (ex USS Obstructor) (ex 1stLt William G. Sylvester) |
WABL/WLB | 331 | 1947 – 1967 | NS | |
USCGC | Willow (ex USS Picket) (ex Army General Henry Knox) |
WAGL/WLB | 332 | 1947 – 1969 | NS |
132′ White Class (ex Navy YF-257 Class Lighter)
Acquired from the Navy
White Sumac was decommissioned in 2002
Lighthouse Tender (<1967)
Buoy Tender, Medium (>1967)
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | White Sumac (ex USS YF-416) |
WAGL/WLM | 540 | 1947 – 2002 | To Dominican Republic | |
USCGC | White Alder (ex USS YF-417) |
WAGL/WLM | 541 | 1947 – 1968 | Sank after collision – buried in the Mississippi River | CGH |
USCGC | White Bush (ex USS YF-339) |
WAGL/WLM | 542 | 1947 – 1985 | ||
USCGC | White Holly (ex USS YF-341) |
WAGL/WLM | 543 | 1947 – 1998 | To the Seaman’s Training Center in Vallejo CA as research vessel | CGH |
USCGC | White Sage (ex USS YF-444) |
WAGL/WLM | 544 | 1947 – 1996 | To Canvasback Missions | CGH |
USCGC | White Heath (ex USS YF-445) |
WAGL/WLM | 545 | 1947 – 1998 | To Tunisia | |
USCGC | White Lupine (ex USS YF-446) |
WAGL/WLM | 546 | 1947 – 1998 | To Tunisia | NS |
USCGC | White Pine (exx USS YF-448) |
WAGL/WLM | 547 | 1948 – 1999 | To Dominican Republic |
157′ Red Class
These cutters were all decommissioned by 1999
Lighthouse Tender (<1967)
Buoy Tender, Medium (>1967)
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Red Wood | WAGL/WLM | 685 | 1964 – 1999 | To Argentina | |
USCGC | Red Beech | WAGL/WLM | 686 | 1964 – 1997 | Artificial reef | |
USCGC | Red Birch | WAGL/WLM | 687 | 1965 – 1998 | To Argentina | CGH |
USCGC | Red Cedar | WLM | 688 | 1970 – 1999 | To Argentina | |
USCGC | Red Oak | WLM | 689 | 1971 – 1996 | Artificial reef |
225′ Juniper Class Buoy Tender, Large
Replaced the 180s
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Juniper | WLB | 201 | 1996 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Willow | WLB | 202 | 1997 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Kukui | WLB | 203 | 1997 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Elm | WLB | 204 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Walnut | WLB | 205 | 1999 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Spar | WLB | 206 | 2000 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Maple | WLB | 207 | 2001 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Aspen | WLB | 208 | 2000 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Sycamore | WLB | 209 | 2001 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Cypress | WLB | 210 | 2002 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Oak | WLB | 211 | 2002 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Hickory | WLB | 212 | 2002 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Fir | WLB | 213 | 2003 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Hollyhock | WLB | 214 | 2003 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Sequoia | WLB | 215 | 2003 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Alder | WLB | 216 | 2004 – Active | CGH |
175′ Ida Lewis (Keeper) Class Buoy Tender, Medium
Replaced the 157s
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Ida Lewis | WLM | 551 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Ketherin Walker | WLM | 552 | 1997 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Abbie Burgess | WLM | 553 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Marcus Hanna | WLM | 554 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | James Rankin | WLM | 555 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Joshua Appleby | WLM | 556 | 1998 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Frank Drew | WLM | 557 | 1999 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Anthony Petit | WLM | 558 | 1999 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Barbara Mabrity | WLM | 559 | 1999 – active | CGH | |
USCGC | William Tate | WLM | 560 | CGH | ||
USCGC | Harry Claiborne | WLM | 561 | 1999 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Maria Bray | WLM | 562 | 2000 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | Henry Blake | WLM | 563 | 2000 – Active | CGH | |
USCGC | George Cobb | WLM | 564 | 2000 – Active | CGH |