| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Alder |
| Launched | 1917 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | acquired by the United States Lighthouse Service, March 1924 |
| Fate | transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 1 July 1939 |
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| Name | USCGC Alder (WAGL-216) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 1 July 1939 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service) |
| Commissioned | December 1940 |
| Reclassified | WAGL-216 |
| Homeport | Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska |
| Fate | Sold, 14 June 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lighthouse tender |
| Tonnage | 80 GRT[1] |
| Length | 72 ft (22 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m)[1] |
| Draught | 7.5 ft (2.3 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 110 bhp (82 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion | 1 screw, diesel[1] |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)[1] |
| Range | 875 miles (1,408 km)[1] |
| Complement | 9[1] |
USCGC Alder (WAGL-216) was a wooden-hull lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service as USLHT Alder from 1924 to 1939, and in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Alder from 1939 until 1948. During World War II, she was given the additional designation (WAGL-216).