USCGC Basswood

	USCGC Basswood through the Straits of Mackinac on 12 May 1944
History
United States
Name	Basswood
Builder	Marine and Iron Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	21 March 1943
Launched	20 May 1943
Commissioned	12 January 1944
Decommissioned	4 September 1998
Fate	Sold on 24 November 2000, eventually scrapped
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General characteristics
Class & type	Iris-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 long tons (950 t)
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed	8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising; 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum;
Complement	8 officers; 72 enlisted;
Armament	1 × 3 inch gun; 2 × 20 mm/80; 2 × depth charge tracks; 2 × Mousetraps; 4 × Y-guns;

USCGC Basswood (WLB-388) was an Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 May 1943, and commissioned on 12 January 1944.

History
USCGC Basswood through the Straits of Mackinac on 12 May 1944
United States
Name	Basswood
Builder	Marine and Iron Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	21 March 1943
Launched	20 May 1943
Commissioned	12 January 1944
Decommissioned	4 September 1998
Fate	Sold on 24 November 2000, eventually scrapped
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Iris-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 long tons (950 t)
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed	8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum
Complement	8 officers 72 enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 inch gun 2 × 20 mm/80 2 × depth charge tracks 2 × Mousetraps 4 × Y-guns