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USCGC White Sumac (WLM-540)
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 USCGC White Sumac (WAGL-540) (1947 - 1968)
USS YF-416 (1944 - 1946)


USCGC White Sumac - International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - November - Alpha
 NARA

USS YF-416 was transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II, named USCGC White Sumac (WAGL-540) later transferred to the Dominican Republic renamed Capotillo (BA-2)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Niagara Shipbuilding Co., Buffalo, NY
  • Laid down, 31 August 1942
  • Launched, 14 June 1943
  • Placed in service as YF-416, 06 November 1943
  • Assigned to the Third Naval District; acted as ammunition lighter in New York harbor
  • Placed out of service, 946
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard, July 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947
  • Commissioned as the Aids to Navigation Tender USCGC White Sumac (WAGL-540) at Charleston, SC, 19 September 1947
  • Stationed at Key West, FL, 1947 - 1969
  • Redesignated as Coastal Buoy Tender (WLM-540), 1968
  • Stationed at Miami, FL, 1969 - August 1976
  • Stationed at St. Petersburg, FL, August 1976 - 1998
  • Stationed at New Orleans, LA, 1998 - August 2002
  • Decommissioned, 01 August 2002
  • Transferred to the Dominican Republic, renamed Capotillo (BA-2)
  • Later renumbered PM-204
  • Current Disposition, active in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 tons
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8' 9" max.
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Range 2,830 mile range at 7.5 knots (1948)
    Armament none
    Complement USCG - 1 Warrant Officer, 20 Enlisted (1948)
    Propulsion
    As Built - Diesel, twin screws
    1974 - Diesel electric; 2 x direct-reversible 06 Union Diesel engines, 600 BHP
    twin propellers
    3 rudders (as launched)
    2 x Caterpillar D-353-E Diesel engines
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    USCGC White Sumac (WAGL-540 / WLM-540)
    YF-416
    144341602    		 119k Port quarter stern view USCGC White Sumac (WAGL-540) underway near the US Naval Shipyard Charleston, SC, 24 May 1948. Note the paint scheme and the canopy over the stern turtle deck.
    Library of Congress photo HAER LA-14-44    		 Mike Green
    YF-416
    144341601    		 43k USCGC White Sumac (WLM-540) at anchor as Coast Guard and Navy divers assemble on the deck of the buoy tender to prepare to dive on the sunken cutter USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391). Blackthorn was sunk at the mouth of Tampa Bay, 28 January 1980.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    YF-416
    144341603    		 136k overhead bow view of USCGC White Sumac (WLM-540) underway. The cutter is preparing to launch a work boat using her buoy crane.
    Library of Congress photo HAER-LA-14-48    		 Mike Green
    YF-416
    144341606    		 84k Portside view of USCGC White Sumac (WLM-540) moored at U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, New Orleans, LA.
    Library of Congress photo HAER-LA-14-5    		 Robert Hurst
    YF-416
    144341604    		 157k USCGC White Sumac (WLM-540) moored at U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, New Orleans, LA.
    Library of Congress photos HAER LA-14-4 and HAER-LA-14-53    		 Mike Green
    YF-416
    1443416025    		 158k
    Capotillo (PM-204)
    YF-416
    144341607    		 142k Capotillo (PM-204) moored at Santo Domingo, 10 May 2005.
    Photo by "Jpablo2" via Wikimedia Commons    		 Robert Hurst
    YF-416
    144341608    		 250k Capotillo (PM-204) underway off Santo Domingo, circa 2023.
    Photo by mightydomicanrepublic on Instagram via WarshipCam on Twitter    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history for YF-416 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - White Sumac, 1947 WAGL / WLM-540; YF-416
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    Last Updated 02 June 2023