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USCGC Palmetto (WAGL 265)



Call sign:
Nan - Roger - William - Yoke

ex-USLHS Palmetto



Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Love - Dog

Crocus served the U. S. Lighthouse Service, Navy and Coast Guard.

Magnolia Class Lighthouse Tender:

  • The second Palmetto was laid down 3 September 1915 at the Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock and Repair Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 30 June 1916
  • Commissioned USLHS Palmetto, 19 March 1917
  • Designated WAGL-265
  • Transferred to the Navy 1 November 1941
  • Returned to the Coast Guard 1 January 1946
  • Decommissioned 23 May 1958
  • Sold 13 April 1959 at Charleston, SC
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 170 t.
    1919 - 156 t.
  • Length 90'
  • Length between perpendiculars 88.9'
  • Beam 22'
  • Draft 4'
    1919 - 8.5'
    1945 - 7' 6"
  • Speed 7.5 kts.
  • Complement 11
    1919 - 12
  • Propulsion: Two 150hp four-cylinder gasoline engines, replaced by two 350bhp Superior diesel engines in 1930, two shafts.
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    Palmetto 92k 22 February 1946
    Off the South Carolina coast
    Photo from "U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II" by Robert L. Scheina    		 Robert Hurst
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