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USCGC Kukui (WAGL 225)



Call sign (1942):
Nan - Roger - Xray - Love

ex-USLHT Kukui



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Love - Fox - Able

Call sign (1927):
George - Vice - Roger - Love

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

Manzanita Class Lighthouse Tender:

  • Built in 1908 by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey
  • Launched 25 April 1908
  • Commissioned USLHT Kukui 1 August 1908
  • Transferred to the Navy 11 April 1917 and commissioned USS Kukui
  • Returned to the Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919
  • Designated WAGL-225 in 1942
  • On 28 May 1942 she was badly burned from a pier fire and beached at Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada
  • Repaired and returned to service 16 October 1942
  • Decommissioned 1 February 1946
  • Sold 8 April 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,081 t.
    1927 - 766 t.
  • Length 190'
    1927 - 174'
  • Beam 30'
  • Draft 13' 3"
    1927 - 16'
  • Complement 34
    1927 - 31
    1945 - 44
  • Speed 12 kts.
    1945 - 13.5 kts.
  • Armament: None
    1944 - Five 20mm mounts and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two coal fired Scotch-type boilers, two 550hp triple expansion inverted direct-acting steam engines, two shafts
    1932 - Replaced with new water tubed oil fired boilers.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Kukui 108k c. 1913
    Kaua'i, Territory of Hawaii
    Anchored off Kilauea Point Light Station
    Photo from the Edgecomb collection    		 University of Hawaii at Mănoa
    Kukui 48k c. 1941
    U.S. Lighthouse Service photo    		 John Spivey
    Photo added 31 July 2021
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