USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Sycamore.

USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268), a 114-foot, 230-ton river buoy tender, was one of three such vessels (her sisters were the USCGC Dogwood (WAGL-259) and USCGC Forsythia (WAGL-63)) built to replace the stern paddlewheel steamers that the Coast Guard decided were too expensive to maintain.

History
United States
Name	USCGC Sycamore
Namesake	American sycamore
Builder	Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works, Dubuque, Iowa
Commissioned	9 September 1941
Decommissioned	30 June 1977
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Sycamore-class buoy tender
Displacement	280 tons
Length	113 ft 9 in (34.67 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors diesel engines 800 bhp (597 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	20
Armament	Small arms