USCGC SUNDEW (WLB 404) - Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.       Call sign - NODW     IMO number - Owner - United States Coast Guard Location - Secured alongside a dock in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.     Photograph Date - 21 August 1996 Photographer - Jim Hoffman     Added to archive - 14 Feb 2002     Last updated - 24 Apr 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered - 1942   Keel laid -   Launched -   Delivered - 1944   Newbuild cost -   (a) USCG Sundew - U.S.A.   As of April 2003 Sundew was still in service   Due to decommission in 2003

PARTICULARS   Ship type - "Balsam" class bouy tender   Displacement tonnage - 757 (standard)   Displacement tonnage - 1,034 (full load)   L.O.A. - 54.91 meters (180'0")   L.B.P. -   Width overall - 11.29 meters (37'0")   Width moulded -   Draught - 3.97 meters (13'0")   Depth -   Bouy hanlding derrick - 1 (20 tonne)   Compliment - 53 (6 officers)

CONSTRUCTION   Yard name - Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Company   Country - Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.   Hull number -   Engine builder - Cooper & Bessemer diesels   Number of engines - 2   Engine type - General Motors GM-18 diesels   Horsepower - 1,200 bhp   Speed - 13 knots   Bow thuster - 1 bow thruster   Pennant # - WLB 404

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc.. * Information sources - Janes Warships, Know Your Ships Additional information -

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