U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Erie Concrete & Supply Company
U.S. Coast Guard
Croteau, Todd, project manager
US Coast Guard, sponsor
Location
Balle Mobile Home Park, 30.66257, -88.05736
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html