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Current Service Status
USCG Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
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Current/Last Primary Rate
MK-Machinery Technician
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Current/Last Rate Group
Machinery Technician
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Primary Unit
1997-2001, MK, CG Station Coos Bay Charleston, OR
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Service Years
1985 - 2006
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From Month/Year July / 1988
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Unit USCGC Firebush (WLB-393/NODL) Unit Page
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Rank Petty Officer Third Class |
Rate MK-Machinery Technician
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Base, Station or City Kodiak | State/Country Alaska |
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Length: 180' oa
Beam: 37' mb
Draft: 12' max (1945); 14' 7" (1966)
Displacement: 935 fl (1945); 1,026 fl (1966); 700 light (1966)
Propulsion: 1 electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper-Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Top speed: 13.0 kts sustained (1945); 11.9 kts sustained (1966)
Economic speed: 8.3 kts (1945); 8.5 kts (1966)
Complement: 6 Officers, 74 men (1945); 4 officers, 2 warrants, 47 men (1966)
Electronics:
Radar: SL1 (1945)
Sonar: QBE-3A (1945)
Armament: 1-3"/50 (single), 2-20mm/80 (single), 2 depth charge tracks, 2 Mousetraps, 4 Y-guns (1945); None (1966)
Transferred to Nigerian Navy Jun 2003
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Type
Advisory Unit
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Parent Unit
CG Vessels
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Strength
Buoy Tender
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Created/Owned By
Not Specified
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Last Updated: Jan 22, 2023 |
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