White-class buoy tender: Difference between revisions

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| Name = ''White'' class

| Class after = [[{{sclass|Casco-class |cutter|''Casco'' class]]4}}

The '''''White''-class buoy tender''' is a class of [[USCG seagoing buoy tender|buoy tendertenders]]s of the [[United States Coast Guard]]. Eight ships of the [[{{sclass|YF-257-class |lighter|''YF-257''-class]]0}} [[LighteringLighter (barge)|lighter]] were transferred from the [[United States Navy]] and were in commission from 1947 until 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2004|title=U.S. COAST GUARD 133-FOOT BUOY TENDERS|url=https://uslhs.org/sites/default/files/attached-files/133%20Foot%20Buoy%20Tenders_0.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service|location=Washington}}</ref>

According to her “Ship’'s Characteristics Card” dated August 30, 1965, the ''White''-class buoy tenders were 132’- feet 10” inches in overall length; 132’ feet in length between [[Perpendicular|perpendicularsperpendicular]]s; 30’- feet 9.75 3/4”inches in extreme [[Beam (nautical)|beam]]; 15’- feet 8” inches in depth of hold; 6’- feet 2” inches in [[Draft (hull)|draft]] forward fully loaded; and 5’ feet in [[Draft (hull)|draft]] forward with a light load. Their one [[Mast (ship)|mast]] was 48’ feet tall. The vessel displaced 600 tons and had a maximum speed of {{convert|9.2 [[Knot (unit)|knots]]kn|lk=in}} fully loaded. Their Her hullhulls, [[superstructure]], decks, [[Bulkhead (ship)|bulkheads]], and frames were constructed of [[steel]].  Auxiliary boats in 1965 included a [[fiberglass]] outboard and three seven-man [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|inflatable lifeboats]].  In 1965, shethey had her original [[diesel engine]]s built by [[Union Diesel Engine Company]], [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], with two [[Propeller|propellerspropeller]]s, {{convert|300 horsepower|hp|lk=in}} each, and two auxiliary diesel generators.<ref>{{Cite book|last=L. Scheina|first=Robert|title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft 1946- 1990|publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|year=1990|location=[[Annapolis]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Detail specifications for building freight and ammunition lighters (self-propelled) YFs 335-341, 415-421, 443-454 for the United States Navy|publisher=[[Government Printing Office]]|year=1943|editor-link=U.S. Navy, Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships|location=[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]}}</ref>

They underwent a major renovation at the [[United States Coast Guard Yard]] in [[Curtis Bay, Baltimore|Curtis Bay]] in, [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] during the 1960s and 70s. These modifications included updated equipment to improve her AtoN capabilities. Before decommissioning, ''White Pine''’{{'}}s length was 133’ feet; beam, 31’ feet; and draft, 8’ feet. Her [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] [[tonnage]] was listed at 606 gross tons and her mast height as 37-112.5 feet. She had a lifting capacity of 20,000 pounds, using two [[Hydraulic pump|hydraulic pumpspump]]s. She had twin [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] diesel engines, 375 [[horsepower]] each, twin [[Propeller|propellerspropeller]]s, and [[Detroit Diesel]] auxiliary generators. Cruising capacity was 10 knots. Her maximum time out to sea was twenty days at 8 knots. Her compliment[[Ship's company|complement]] of officers and crew was 26.<ref name=":0" />

! colspan="7" |'''''White''''' -class buoy tender

|''[[USCGC White Alder (WLM-541)|White AdlerAlder]]''

| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Basalt Rock Company|Basalt Rock Co.]]

| rowspan="4" align="center" |[[Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Company|Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co.]]

* ''This article contains public domain text from the [http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBCUTTERS/White_Alder.html United States CoatsCoast Guard Historian’s Office website].''

* Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-19901946–1990. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990.

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