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USCGC Mistletoe (WLM 237)



Call sign:
November - Romeo - Yankee - Sierra

ex-USCGC Mistletoe (WAGL 237)
ex-USCGC Mistletoe

Violet Class Lighthouse Tender:

  • The second Mistletoe was built in 1939 by Pusey and Jones Company, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Launched 29 April 1939
  • Commissioned USCGC Mistletoe 15 September 1939
  • Designated WAGL-234 in 1942
  • Reclassified as WLM-237 in 1966
  • Decommissioned 27 September 1968
  • Sold 14 August 1969
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 799 t.
  • Length 173' 4"
  • Beam 34'
  • Draft 11'
  • Speed 11.5 kts.
  • Complement 41 (1945)
    1961 - 38
  • Armament: One 3"/50 mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge tracks (World War II), none in peace time
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox watertube boilers, two 500shp triple-expansion steam engines, two shafts.
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    Mistletoe 98k c. 1947
    U.S. Coast Guard photo from U.S. Lighthouse Society website    		 John Spivey
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    Coast Guard history entry located on the USCG Historian's Office website
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    DANFS History entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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