USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) at Seattle, Washington on 13 May 1944.
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History | |
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United States Lighthouse Service | |
Name | USLHT Cedar |
Namesake | Cedar, a fragrant evergreen of the pine family |
Builder | Craig Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, California |
Laid down | 1916 |
Completed | 1917 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1917 |
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Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy August 1917 |
Acquired | 1 July 1919 (from U.S. Navy) |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 July 1939 |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Cedar |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | August 1917 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service) |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919 |
United States Coast Guard | |
Name | USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 1 July 1939 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service) |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1950 |
Reclassified | WAGL-207 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 27 June 1955 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Lighthouse tender |
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Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | Two Scotch marine boilers, one 1,455-ihp (1,230-kW) California Shipbuilding triple-expansion reciprocating vertical inverted steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 8 knots |
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Armament |
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USLHT Cedar was a lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service in 1917 and from 1919 to 1939, and – as USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) – in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1950. She was in commissioned service in the United States Navy as the patrol vessel USS Cedar from 1917 to 1919 during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I. She also saw service in World War II under U.S. Navy control while in the Coast Guard fleet. She spent her career in the Pacific Northwest and the Territory of Alaska.