USCGC Conifer
USCGC Conifer | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Conifer |
| Ordered | 23 February 1942 |
| Builder | Zenith Dredge |
| Laid down | 6 July 1942 |
| Launched | 3 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 5 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 23 June 2000 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8991334 |
| Status | Friendships Cargo MV Hope |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 935 long tons (950 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper-Bessemer EMD-8 8-cylinder 4-cycle 6352 cubic inch diesel engines (originally) |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum |
| Range | Approx. 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 74 enlisted |
| Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm) 50-caliber single mount; 4 × 20 mm 80 caliber; 2 × depth charge tracks. |
The USCGC Conifer (WLB 301) was a 180 foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender. Conifer and her sister ships, commonly referred to as "one-eighties", served as the backbone of the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation fleet for over 50 years before their replacement by the newer Juniper-class cutters.