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 USCGC Sassafras, 1967.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Laid down | 16 August 1943 |
| Launched | 5 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 2003 |
| Motto | Mare Laboramus[citation needed] |
| Nickname(s) | Sass |
| Fate | Transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
 Nigeria | |
| Name | NNS Obula (A 504) |
| Commissioned | 2003 |
| Identification | MMSI number: 657711000 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iris (C) |
| Displacement | 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper-Bessemer GND8 diesel engines |
| Speed | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) maximum |
| Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
| Complement | 48 |
| Armament | 2 × .50 cal |
Sassafras is a C-Class, 180-foot (55 m), seagoing buoy tender constructed for the United States Coast Guard by Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Corp. of Duluth, Minnesota. Sassafras was one of 39 tenders commissioned for duties that would include aids-to-navigation, ice breaking, search-and-rescue, firefighting, law enforcement, providing fuel and potable water, and assistance to the National Oceanographic and Seismographic Survey.