 USCGC Red Cedar
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Red Cedar |
| Operator | US Coast Guard |
| Builder | US Coast Guard Yard |
| Launched | 1 August 1970 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1999 |
| Identification | Callsign: NPDC |
| Fate | Transferred to Argentia in 1999 |
 Argentina | |
| Name | Ciudad de Zárate |
| Operator | Argentine Navy |
| Commissioned | 30 March 1999 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Red-class buoy tender |
| Displacement | 572 long tons (581 t) full load |
| Length | 157 ft (47.9 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Installed power | 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 398A diesel engines |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Range | 2,450 nmi (4,540 km; 2,820 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 33 (5 officers, 28 enlisted) |
USCGC Red Cedar (WLM-688) is a Red-class coastal buoy tender that was designed, built, owned, and operated by the United States Coast Guard. She was launched in 1970 and homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. Her primary mission was to maintain over 400 aides to navigation in Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Sound, the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James Rivers, and other nearby waterways.[1] Her secondary missions included search and rescue, light icebreaking, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection. She was assigned to the 5th Coast Guard District.
At the end of her Coast Guard career in 1999 she was transferred to the Argentine Navy, which renamed her ARA Ciudad de Zárate. She remains in active service.