U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview.

Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following the war, the U.S. Coast Guard acquired eight of these vessels to perform service for their aids to navigation as buoy tenders.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N887

Survey number: HAER AL-187

Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work

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