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Ocean Going

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
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
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

160′ Oak Class
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture
USLHT/USCGC Hawthorn WAGL 215 1921 – 1964
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
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 227 1933 – 1972 Donated to Harry Lundberg Seafarers International Union School
USLHT/USCGC Mistletoe WAGL 237 1939 – 1968
USLHT/USCGC Violet WAGL 250 1930 – 1962

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
Lighthouse Tender (<1967)
Buoy Tender, Medium (>1967)
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

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 295 1943 – 1990 CGH
USCGC Balsam 180A Cactus WAGL 62 1942 – 1975 CGH
USCGC Cactus 180A Cactus WAGL 142 1942 – 1971 CGH
USCGC Cowslip 180A Cactus WAGL 277 1942 – 1973 To Nigeria CGH
USCGC Conifer 180A Cactus WAGL 301 1943 – 2000 CGH
USCGC Gentian 180A Cactus WAGL 290 1942 – 2006 To Columbia CGH
USCGC Woodbine 180A Cactus WAGL 289 1942 – 1972 To the Cleveland Public School System CGH
USCGC Laurel 180A Cactus WAGL 291 1942 – 1999 CGH
USCGC Clover 180A Cactus WAGL 292 1942 – 1990 CGH
USCGC Sorrel 180A Cactus WAGL 296 CGH
USCGC Citrus 180A Cactus WAGL 300 1943 – 1994 To Dominican Republic CGH
USCGC Madrona 180A Cactus WAGL 302 1943 – 2002 To El Salvador CGH
USCGC Tupelo 180A Cactus WAGL 303 1943 – 1975 CGH
USCGC Ironwood 180B Mesquite WAGL 297 1943 – 2000 To Department of Interior
Training vessel for Maritime Training Program		 CGH
USCGC Mesquite 180B Mesquite WAGL 305 1943 – 1989 Sunk as reef in Keystone Bay CGH
USCGC Buttonwood 180B Mesquite WAGL 306 1943 – 2001 To Dominican Republic CGH
USCGC Planetree 180B Mesquite WAGL 307 1943 – 1999 CGH
USCGC Papaw 180B Mesquite WAGL 308 1943 – 1999 Donated to Canvasback Missions Benicia, CA CGH
USCGC Sweetgum 180B Mesquite WAGL 309 1943 – 2002 To Panama CGH
USCGC Redbud 180C Iris WAGL 398 1944 – 1949 To the Navy for DEW line construction and support NS
USCGC Basswood 180C Iris WAGL 388 1944 – 1998 CGH
USCGC Bittersweet 180C Iris WAGL 389 1944 – 1997 To Estonia CGH
USCGC Blackhaw 180C Iris WAGL 390 1944 – 1993 To the Navy CGH
USCGC Blackthorn 180C Iris WAGL 391 1944 – 1980 Sunk in collision CGH
USCGC Bramble 180C Iris WAGL 392 1944 – 2003 Museum ship in Port Huron CGH
USCGC Firebush 180C Iris WAGL 393 1944 – 2003 To Nigeria CGH
USCGC Hornbeam 180C Iris WAGL 394 1944 – 1999 CGH
USCGC Iris 180C Iris WAGL 395 1944 – 1995 CGH
USCGC Mallow 180C Iris WAGL 396 1944 – 1997 CGH
USCGC Mariposa 180C Iris WAGL 397 1944 – 2000 To Navy as training vessel CGH
USCGC Sagebrush 180C Iris WAGL 399 1944 – 1988 Artificial reef CGH
USCGC Salvia 180C Iris WAGL 400 1944 – 1991 To the Navy CGH
USCGC Sassafrass 180C Iris WAGL 401 1944 – 2003 To Nigeria CGH
USCGC Sedge 180C Iris WAGL 402 1944 – 2002 To Nigeria CGH
USCGC Spar 180C Iris WAGL 403 1944 – 1997 CGH
USCGC Sundew 180C Iris WAGL 404 1944 – 2004 CGH
USCGC Sweetbriar 180C Iris WAGL 405 1944 – 2001 To Ghana CGH
USCGC Acacia 180C Iris WAGL 406 1944 – 2006 CGH
USCGC Woodrush 180C Iris WAGL 407 CGH

Misc One-of-a-Kind Ocean Going Tender
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture
USLHT/USCGC Amaranth 166′ WAGL 201 1892 – 1945
USLHT/USCGC Hydrangea 164′
(former Mayflower)
(former USS Suwanee)		 WAGL 236 1897 – 1945
USLHT/USCGC Mangrove 164′ WAGL 232 1897 – 1946 CGH
USLHT/USCGC Mayflower 164′
(ex USS Suwanee)
(later CGC Hydrangea)		 WAGL 236 1897 – 1945
USLHT/USCGC Heather 178′ WAGL 1903 – 1940 To the Army
USLHT/USCGC Hyacinth 160′ 1903 – 1945
USLHT/USCGC Camellia 116′ WAGL 206 1911 – 1947
USLHT/USCGC Rose 127′ WAGL 242 1916 – 1947
USLHT/USCGC Cedar 200′ WAGL 207 1917 – 1950 Largest tender ever built for the LHS (1,970 tons)
USLHT/USCGC Shrub 107′
(ex F. Mansfield)		 WAGL 244 1920 – 1947
USLHT/USCGC Kickapoo 157′
(ex USS Baldridge)		 WAGL 56 1919 – 1945
USLHT/USCGC Beech 101′ WAGL 205 1928 – 1963
USLHT/USCGC Cherry 86′ WAGL 258 1932 – 1964
USLHT/USCGC Arbutus 174′ WAGL 203 1933 – 1967
USLHT/USCGC Lilac (Azalea) 173′ WAGL 227 1933 – 1972 Tender was planned to be named Azalea
The contractor defaulted
Under the a new contract the name was changed to Lilac
USLHT/USCGC Hemlock 174′ WAGL 217 1934 – 1958 CGH
USLHT/USCGC Birch 72′ WAGL 256 1939 – 1963
USLHT/USCGC Cottonwood 151′ WAGL 209 1939 – 1946
USLHT/USCGC Juniper 177′ WAGL 224 1940 – 1975 Last vessel designed by USLHS