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 |
USCGC Yamacraw Cable Layer
Mine Planter acquired from the Army and used as a cable layer
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Yamacraw (ex General Arthur Murray) (ex USS Trapper) |
ACM/WARC | 9/333 | 1946 – 1959 | Acquired from the Army as a cable layer | NS |
US Army Freighter Small (FS)
Small Freighters acquired from the Army
Used for LORAN construction and support
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Trillium (ex FS-397) | WAK | 170 | 1946 – 1950 | ||
USCGC | Spruce (ex FS-422) | WAK | 246 | 1946 – 1950 | ||
USCGC | Nettle (ex FS-396) | WAK | 169 | 1947 – 1968 | CGP |
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 when GINY closed in 1997
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull Num | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Lieutenant Samuel S. Coursen | 1966 – 1997 | ||||
USCGC | Major General | 1966 – 1970 | ||||
USCGC | Pvt. Nicholas Minue | 1966 – 1997 | ||||
USCGC | The Tides | 1966 – 1997 | ||||
USCGC | Governor | 1982 – 1997 |
USCGC Neverbuilt Oceanographic Research Ship
Proposed in 1971
Designed to further CG oceanographic research
Cancelled when the oceanographic mission
went to the newly established NOAA
Model: No
Designation | Name | Class | Hull | Service | Comments | Pictures |
USCGC | Joseph Henry (aka CGC Neverbuilt) |
WHEO | 701 | CGH |