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USCGC Oak



Call sign (1933):
William - William - Cast - Love

Call sign (1957):
November - Romeo - Whiskey - India
Oak Class Bay and Sound Tender:

  • Built in 1921 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Morris Heights, New York
  • Launched 18 June 1921
  • Commissioned USCGC Oak (WAGL 239) 28 December 1921
  • Placed "in commission in reserve" due to a lack of personnel soon after the end of World War II
  • Returned to full commission on 19 August 1949
  • Decommissioned 6 November 1964
  • Donated to the Smithsonian Institution 3 March 1967
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 950 t.
  • Length 160'
    1933 - 160'
  • Beam 30'
    1933 - 30'
  • Draft 10' 6"
    1933 - 14'
  • Complement: 27
  • Speed 8 kts.
    1945 - 9 kts.
  • Propulsion: One 200psi Scotch boiler, one 700shp triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Oak 92k c. 1921
    Photo from U.S. Lighthouse Society website    		 John Spivey
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