 USCGC Ironwood in 1996
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Ironwood |
| Builder | Coast Guard Yard |
| Cost | $1,388,227 |
| Laid down | November 2, 1942 |
| Launched | March 16, 1943 |
| Commissioned | August 4, 1943 |
| Decommissioned | October 6, 2000 |
| Identification | Signal letters NRPN |
 United States | |
| Name | Ironwood |
| Operator | Job Corps Seamanship Academy |
| In service | 2002 |
| Homeport | Astoria, Oregon |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics as built in 1943 | |
| Displacement | 935 tons |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power | 2 x Cooper-Bessemer GND-8 Diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 1 propeller |
| Speed | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 6 Officers; 74 Enlisted |
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USCGC Ironwood (WAGL-297/WLB-297) is a former Mesquite-class sea-going buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. She served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War as well as a variety of domestic missions. She currently serves as a seamanship training vessel for Job Corps.