USCGC Mallow

USCGC Mallow underway in Honolulu Harbor
History
United States
NameMallow
NamesakeMallow plant
BuilderZenith Dredge Corporation
Laid down10 October 1943
Launched9 December 1943
Commissioned6 June 1944
Decommissioned15 May 1997
FateSold for scrap
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

The USCGC Mallow (WLB-396) was a Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 9 December 1943 and commissioned on 6 June 1944.[1]

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