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USCGC White Lupine (WLM-546)
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 USCGC White Lupine (WAGL-546) (1947 - 1960)
 USS YF-446 (1944 - 1946)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Romeo - Oscar
 NARO
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
White Lupine was transferred to Tunisia in 1998 and renamed Tabarka
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Laid down in 1943 under contract no. NXs156 at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Commissioned USS YF-446, 31 May 1944
  • Assigned to Naval Station New Orleans, LA.
  • Decommissioned in 1946 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947 and transferred to the US Coast Guard
  • Commissioned, as the Coastal Buoy Tender USCGC White Lupine (WAGL-546), 5 September 1947
  • Redesignated (WLM-546), mid-1960s
  • Decommissioned, 27 February 1998
  • Transferred to Tunisia, 10 June 1998, renamed Tabarka
  • 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YF-446 114k YF-446 at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA., after launching in 1943.
    Photo from Bowling Green University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history for USS YF-446 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 Lupine, 1947 WAGL / WLM-546; YF-446
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    Last Updated 7 March 2008