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USCGC Walnut (WLM-252)
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For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Walnut.
The USCGC Walnut (WLM-252) was a steel-hulled, steam-powered twin-screw Hollyhock-class tender built for the Lighthouse Service in 1939 at Oakland, California. With the transfer of the Lighthouse Service to the Coast Guard in June, 1939, she was commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter on 8 July 1939.
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History | |
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Name | Walnut |
Namesake | Walnut |
Operator | |
Builder | Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California |
Commissioned | 8 July 1939 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1982 |
Fate | Transferred to Honduras |
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Name | Yojoa |
Operator | Honduran Navy |
Acquired | 1982 |
Out of service | 1998 |
Identification | FNH–252 |
Fate | Wrecked during Hurricane Mitch, 1998 |
General characteristics | |
Type | General, Lighthouse tender WAGL; Coastal Buoy tender, WLM |
Displacement | 885 tons. |
Length | 174 ft 8+1⁄2 in (53.251 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
Ice class | Reinforced bow and stern. Ice-belt at water-line, notched forefoot. |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 2,000 mi (3,200 km) |
Complement | 4 officers, 1 warrant officer, 69 enlisted (1945) |
Crew | 74 (1945). |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar: SO-1 (1945); CS (1966). Sonar: WEA-2 (1945); UNQ-1 (1966) |
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Notes | D |
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