USCGC Cheyenne

USCGC Cheyenne is a Gasconade-class 75-foot (23 m) river buoy tender which was built in 1966 at Tell City, Indiana by Maxon Construction Co. Upon commissioning she was assigned a homeport of Leavenworth, Kansas.^[1]

History
United States
Name	USCGC Cheyenne
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Maxon Construction Co., Tell City, Indiana[1][2]
Commissioned	3 October 1966[1]
Homeport	St. Louis, Missouri
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Gasconade-class 75 ft (23 m) river buoy tender
Displacement	141 tons
Length	75 ft (23 m)
Beam	22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Propulsion	2 Caterpillar diesel engines turning 2 shafts with 600 bhp
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h)
Complement	13 enlisted
Armament	small arms
Notes	Designed to work in tandem with a 90 ft (27 m) work barge

Design

Cheyenne pushes a specific-use 90-foot (27 m) aid to navigation maintenance barge, with a crane and buoy service gear. The vessel has a 22-foot (6.7 m) beam, 4-foot (1.2 m) of draft, and displaces 141 tons (full load).^[1] She is powered by two Caterpillar diesel engines turning 2 shafts with 600 bhp, giving the vessel a capability of 8 knots (15 km/h).^[1]

History

Cheyenne was initially assigned a homeport at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1966 but was transferred to Coast Guard Base St. Louis, Missouri, in 1970. Since the Great Flood of 1993, she has been homeported at the foot of Arsenal Street in St. Louis.^[3] She is commanded by a master chief boatswain's mate with a crew of thirteen assigned. Her area of operation includes the upper Mississippi River mile marker 109.9 at Chester, Illinois, to mile 200.8 at Alton, Illinois; the Missouri River mile marker 0.0 at St. Louis, Missouri, to mile 226.3 at Glasgow, Missouri; and the Kaskaskia River at mile marker 0.0 to mile 28.5 at New Athens, Illinois.^[3]