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USCGC Thistle (WAGL-409)
ex
 US Army Barge BSP-1049 (1943 - 1946)

Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Built in 1943 as the design 291 wooden hulled self-propelled Barge BSP-1049 by Martinolich Repair Basin, San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service, 1 September 1943
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946 and commissioned USCGC Thistle (WAGL-409)
  • USCGC Thistle was homeported at Ketchikan AK., and carried out aids to navigation duties and logistics functions for light stations and light ships in her area.
  • Decommissioned, 1 August 1957.
  • Final Disposition, sold, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 270 t. (light), 450 t. (full load)
    Length 106'3"
    Beam 30'9"
    Electronics Thistle - one Bendix Marine Detection Radar
    Draft 8'
    Armmament
    BSP-1049 unknown
    Thistle none
    Speed 7.5 kts Max
    Range 2,915 miles (1956)
    Deck Gear 1 ton boom capacity
    Complement
    BSP-1949 unknown
    Thistle 10 men
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two Caterpiller diesel engines 270hp.
    two screws
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    BSP-1049
    3028104901    		 61k Deck of BSP-1049 at Ketchikan Alaska before racks were built, circa 1946.
    U.S. Coast Guard Photo No. 1211 photographer unknown    		 John Spivey
    There is no history available for US Army BSP-1049 at NavSource
    USCGC Thistle (WAGL-409) History from the US Coast Gurard Historian's Office
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