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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USCG Narcissus |
| Builder | Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 1939 |
| In service | 1939 |
| Out of service | Transferred to the Navy, 1 November 1941 |
| In service | 1 January 1946 |
| Out of service | 1971 |
| Homeport | Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Fate | Transferred to Guyana, 1971 |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Narcissus |
| Acquired | Transferred from the Coast Guard, 1 November 1941 |
| Fate | Returned to the Coast Guard, 1 January 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Buoy tender |
| Displacement | 342 long tons (347 t) |
| Length | 122 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.3 knots (19.1 km/h; 11.9 mph) |
| Complement | 17 |
USS Narcissus (WAGL-238) was built for the United States Coast Guard by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota, in 1939. Designed as a navigational aid tender, she was assigned to Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1940 she transferred to Portsmouth, Virginia.
Executive Order 8929 of 1 November 1941 transferred the Coast Guard to the US Navy. Through the war years Narcissus continued to serve as a large inland buoy tender, operating out of Portsmouth. When the Coast Guard returned to the Treasury Department on 1 January 1946, the tender remained in an active status. Through 1970 she has continued her buoytending duties from her permanent station at Portsmouth.
References
- US Coast Guard site
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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