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WLB-398 / AKL-398 / T-AKL-398 Redbud


USCGC Redbud (WLB-398) transferred to the US Navy, returned to the Coast Guard and eventually transferred to the Philippines and renamed Kalinga (AG-89)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Redbud Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 July 1943, for the US Coast Guard as a lighthouse tender, at Marine Iron and Shipbuilding, Duluth, MN.
  • Launched, 11 September 1943
  • Commissioned, USCGC Redbud (WLB-398), 2 May 1944
  • Acquired on loan by the US Navy in 1949
  • Classified as a Light Cargo Ship and commissioned USS Redbud (AKL-398), 23 July 1949
  • Decommissioned and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in 1952, and placed in service as USNS Redbud (T-AKL-398)
  • Placed out of service and returned to the US Coast Guard, 10 November 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register 20 November 1970
  • Transferred to the Philippines, 1 March 1972, renamed Kalinga (AG-89)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,026 t.
    Length 180'
    Draft 12' (max)
    Beam 37'
    Speed 13.5 kts.(max)
    Propulsion one electric motor, two Westinghouse generators driven by two Cooper-Bessemer GND8 diesel engines, 1200 Shaft Horsepower, single screw
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    Redbud 168k Redbud (T-AKL-398), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Bill Valashinas
    Redbud 57k Redbud (T-AKL-398), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Bill Valashinas
    Redbud 31k Artist sketch of USNS Redbud Bill Valashinas
    Redbud 66k Redbud (T-AKL-398), at Hopedale, Labrador, 1954 Paul Coutu with permission
    from Ren L'Ecuyer Pinetree Line web site
    Redbud 93k Redbud (T-AKL-398), held immobile by the Arctic ice pack, January 1952. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    View Charles Taylor's collection of photos taken in Sondrestrom Fjord, Greenland as USNS Redbud (T-AKL-398) and USNS Chatahoochee (T-AOG-82) refuel Sondrestrom AB Photo Page
    View the DANFS history entry for Redbud (AKL-398) at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
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