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USCGC Aster (WAGL 269)
ex-USLHT Aster

Lighthouse Tender:

  • The second Aster was laid down in 1921 by M. M. Flechas, Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • Commissioned USLHT Aster 17 January 1922
  • Designated WAGL-269 during World War II
  • Decommissioned 24 January 1946
  • Sold 2 October 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 109 t.
  • Length 75' 10"
  • Beam 21' 8"
  • Draft 5' 7"
  • Speed 7.8 kts.
  • Complement 10 (1922)
  • Armament: Two 20-pounders
  • Propulsion: Two 4-cylinder Standard gasoline engines (Replaced in 1932 by two 45hp Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines), two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Aster 75b c. 1922
    U.S. Coast Guard photo from U.S. Lighthouse Society website    		 John Spivey
    Aster 74b c. 1922
    U.S. Coast Guard photo    		 USCG Historian's Office website
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    Coast Guard history entry located on the USCG Historian's Office website
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