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USCGC White Sage (WAGL-544)
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 USCGC White Sage (WLM-544) (1947 - 1960s)
YF-444 (1944 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Papa - Charlie
 NAPC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Laid down, 29 March 1943, under contract no. NXs156 at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA.
  • Launched, 19 June 1943
  • Placed in service as YF-444, 20 May 1944, assigned to the 3rd Naval District, NAD Earle, N.J.
  • Placed out of service and acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Commissioned, as the Coastal Buoy Tender USCGC White Sage (WAGL-544), 9 August 1947
  • Redesignated (WLM-544), mid-1960s
  • Decommissioned, 7 June 1996
  • Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc. in 1999
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 t.
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8' 9" max.
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Range 2,830 mile range at 7.5 kts. (1948)
    Armament none
    ComplementUSCG - 1 Warrant Officer, 20 Enlisted (1948)
    Propulsion
    As Built - diesel, twin screws
    1974 - Diesel electric; 2 x direct-reversible 06 Union diesels; 600 BHP; twin propellers; 3 rudders (as launched); 2 x Caterpillar D-353-E diesel engines
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    YF-444
    YF-444 79k YF-444 at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA., soon after launching on 19 June 1943.
    Photo from Bowling Green University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USCGC White Sage (WLM-544)
    YF-444 44k USCGC White Sage (WLM-544) at the Coast Guard yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, MD. after installation of a new A-frame mast and boom hoisting system.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    YF-444 39k USCGC White Sage (WLM-544) lifting a 40-foot boat from the bottom at Wood's Hold Oceanographic Center, MA., date unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    There is no DANFS history for YF-444 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - White Sage, 1947 WLM / WAGL-544; YF-444
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