 USCGC Mariposa underway in 1971.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Mariposa |
| Namesake | Mariposa plant |
| Builder | Zenith Dredge Corporation |
| Laid down | 25 October 1943 |
| Launched | 14 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 7 March 2000 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy as training hulk, 17 April 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iris-class buoy tender |
| Displacement | 935 long tons (950 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft 1 in (14.35 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw |
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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]
- ^ "USCG Mariposa". USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 28 July 2015.