Blueberry, 1942
WLI-65302
Any of numerous plants of the genus Vaccinium, having white to reddish, urn-shaped or tubular flowers and edible blue to blue-black berries.
Builder: Birchfield Boiler Company, Tacoma, Washington
Length: 65'
Beam: 14' 5"
Draft: 4'
Displacement: 68 tons
Cost: N/A
Commissioned: 1942
Decommissioned: 1976
Disposition: Sold
Machinery: 2 x General Motors diesel engines; 330 BHP; twin propellers
Performance & Endurance:
Max: 12 knots
Cruising: 10 knots; 1,000 mile
range
Deck Gear:
Complement: 5
Armament: None
Electronics: None
Tender History:
The United States inland buoy tender Blueberry began life in 1942 as simply the WLI-65302 and was named Blueberry in 1964. She was built by the Birchfield Boiler Company, Tacoma, Washington.
She was stationed for her Coast Guard career in the Pacific Northwest and was used to tend aids to navigation. She was decommissioned in 1976.
She is currently (2004) owned by the Fremont Tugboat Company.
Sources:
Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982.
Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946 - 1990. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990.
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