USCGC Mariposa

USCGC Mariposa underway in 1971.
History
United States
NameMariposa
NamesakeMariposa plant
BuilderZenith Dredge Corporation
Laid down25 October 1943
Launched14 January 1944
Commissioned1 July 1944
Decommissioned7 March 2000
FateTransferred to U.S. Navy as training hulk, 17 April 2000
General characteristics
Class and typeIris-class buoy tender
Displacement935 long tons (950 t)
Length180 ft (55 m)
Beam47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed
  • 8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising
  • 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum
Complement
  • 6 officers
  • 74 enlisted
Armament

USCGC Mariposa (WLB-397) was an Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 14 January 1944 and commissioned on 1 July 1944.[1]

  1. ^ "USCG Mariposa". USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 28 July 2015.