USCGC White Bush
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Class overview | |
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Name | White class |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Eagle class |
Succeeded by | Casco class |
Built | 1944-1945 |
In commission | 1947-2002 |
Planned | 8 |
Completed | 8 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 7 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Buoy tender |
Displacement | 600 t (591 long tons) |
Length | 132 ft 10 in (40.49 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 1 warrant, 20 crewmen (1947) |
The White-class buoy tender is a class of buoy tenders of the United States Coast Guard. Eight ships of the YF-257-class lighter were transferred from the United States Navy and were in commission from 1947 until 2002.[1]