Special Mission Cutters
Cable Layers
166’ Class Mine Planter/Cable Layer Pequot Mine Planter acquired from the Army and used as a cable layer Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USCGC Pequot (ex USAMP General Samuel M. Mills) WARC 58 1922 – 1946 Acquired from the Army Used for cable laying missions NS USCGC Yamacraw Cable Layer Mine …
Work Shops
Floating Workshop Used as a floating machine shop at the Yard in Curtis Bay Model: No Designation Name Class Service Comments Pictures USCGC Alpha (ex YR 1) 113 YR 1928 – 1940 Floating Machine Shop Former cadet training cutter Replaced Alpha as floating workshop at the Yard in Curtis Bay Model: No Designation Name Class …
Merchant Marine Training Cutters
From 1939 – 1943 the Coast Guard trained US merchant seamen To do so the Service acquired several ships of various design Most were cargo or passenger ships Delta Queen: Mississippi riverboat and National Historic landmark Joseph Conrad: Luxury yacht that is currently at Mystic Seaport Vema: E. F. Hutton’s yacht and world famous research …
Voice of America
USCGC Courier Radar Picket Ship Built in 1945 as the C1-M-AV1 Class cargo ship Coastal Messenger Transferred to the Department of State in 1952 Converted to communications vessel for use in Operation Vagabond The idea was to broadcast the Voice of America to countries behind the Iron Curtain The ship could easily move from hot …
LORAN Support
Type C1-M-AV1 Cargo Ship Maritime Commission general cargo ships Used for LORAN construction and support Model: Yes Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USCGC Unalga (ex USS Tipton) MC/AKA/WAK 2169/215/185 1945 – 1950 USCGC Kukui (ex USS Colquit) AK/WAK 174/186 1946 – 1972 To the Philippines CGH CGP US Army Freighter Small (FS) Small …
Governor’s Island Ferry
Governors Island Ferries The Coast Guard took over Governors Island New York from the Army in 1966 Third Coast Guard District Office was on GINY for years GINY also hosted 3 378s, a small boat station, and other units The only access to GINY were ferries operated by the Coast Guard The ferries were decommissioned …
Oceanographic Research Cutters
180′ Cactus Class Model: Yes Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture USCGC Evergreen WAGL/WLB WAGO/WMEC 295 1943 – 1990 1943: Commissioned as an Auxiliary Buoy Tender 1967: Redesignated as a Large Buoy Tender 1975: Redesignated as an Oceanographic Research Vessel 1986: Redesignated as a Medium Endurance Cutter CGH 213′ Diver Class Acquired from the …
Fireboats
Fire Boats After the disastrous fire on Normandie on 8 February 1942 the Coast Guard acquired 253 fire fighting boats Model: Yes Designation Name Class Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USCGC Unnamed Fireboat Unnumbered 1942 – 1946 Various sizes and classes Some built as fireboats Others comberted