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USCGC Marigold (WAGL 235)



Call sign:
Nan - Roger - Xray - Yoke

ex-USLHS Marigold



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Able - Quack - Vice

Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Pup - Cast
Lighthouse Tender:

  • The second Marigold was laid down 4 March 1890 by the Detroit Dry Dock Co., Wyandotte, WI
  • Commissioned USLHS Marigold 4 October 1890
  • Acquired by the Navy 11 April 1917
  • Returned to the Department of Commerce 1 July 1919
  • Rebuilt in 1919
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1938 and commissioned USCGC Marigold
  • Designated WAGL-235 in 1939
  • Decommissioned 3 October 1945
  • Sold 19 October 1946 to Ira J. Lyons of Whitehall, MI, renamed Miss Mudhen II and converted to a dredge
  • Sold in 1960 to Estella M. Lyons of Whitehall
  • Resold in 1960 to Ira J. Lyons of Muskegon, MI as the dredge Miss Mudhen II
  • Sold in 1964 to Robert K. Youngstrom of Mears, MI
  • Sold again in 1964 to the Michigan Dredging Co. of Hart, MI
  • Sold in 1973 to R.N.H., Inc. of Saginaw, MI
  • Sold in 1977 to the Michigan Dredging Co. of Saginaw
  • Sold again in 1977 to Bay Harbor, Inc. of Bay City, MI
  • Scuttled in Lake Huron in the 1960's.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 696 t.
    1919 - 454 t.
    1960 - 124 t.
  • Length 160'
    1946 - 106'
    1960 - 106.7'
  • Length between perpendiculars 150'
  • Beam 27'
    1960 - 26.5'
  • Draft 11'
    1919 - 12'
    1960 - 5.6'
  • Speed 1891 - 10 kts.
    1945 - 11 kts.
  • Complement 26
    1917 - 31
    1919 - 25
    1945 - 39
  • Propulsion: Two cylindrical tubular Scotch boilers, one 550ihp triple expansion inverted cylinder steam engine, one shaft
    1947 - Converted to diesel.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Marigold 91k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Marigold 70k c. 1906
    Stranded in ice off Whitefish, Michigan    		 Tommy Trampp
    Marigold 173k 24 June 1941
    Photo from "U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II" by Robert L. Scheina    		 Robert Hurst
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