 USCGC Basswood through the Straits of Mackinac on 12 May 1944
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| History | |
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| Name | Basswood |
| Builder | Marine and Iron Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 21 March 1943 |
| Launched | 20 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 September 1998 |
| Fate | Sold on 24 November 2000, eventually scrapped |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iris-class buoy tender |
| Displacement | 935 long tons (950 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft 1 in (14.35 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw |
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USCGC Basswood (WLB-388) was an Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 May 1943, and commissioned on 12 January 1944.[1][2]
- ^ "Basswood, 1943 (WLB-388 / WAGL-388)". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "Basswood WLB 388". Naval Cover Museum. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.