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USCGC Aster (WAGL-408)
ex
 US Army Barge BSP-1050 (1943 - 1944)

Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Built in 1943 as the design 291 wooden hulled self-propelled Barge BSP-1050 by Martinolich Repair Basin, San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service, in August 1943
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Acquired by US Coast Guard in 1944 and commissioned as USCGC Aster (WAGL-408)
  • USCGC Aster was homeported at Seattle WA.
  • Aster carried out aids to navigation duties and logistics functions for light stations and light ships in her area
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 270 t. (light), 450 t. (full load)
    Length 106'3"
    Beam 30'9"
    Electronics Aster - one Bendix Marine Detection Radar
    Draft 8'
    Armmament
    BSP-1050 unknown
    Aster none
    Speed 7.5 kts Max
    Range 2,915 miles (1956)
    Deck Gear 1 ton boom capacity
    Complement
    BSP-1950 unknown
    Thistle 10 men
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two Caterpiller diesel engines 270hp.
    two screws
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    Aster
    3028105001    		 55k USCGC Aster (WAGL-408) ex-Army Barge BSP-1050, date and location unknown.
    USCG Photo 200422-G-G0000-0003    		 John Spivey
    There is no history available for US Army BSP-1050 at NavSource
    USCGC Aster (WAGL-408) History from the US Coast Gurard Historian's Office
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