USCGC Bittersweet (WLB 389)
USCGC Bittersweet (WLB 389) was a C or Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Built by the Zenith Dredge Company of Duluth, Minnesota, the ship was laid down on 16 September 1943, and launched on 11 November 1943. Commissioned on 11 May 1944, Bittersweet was assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District, and sailed for Alaska via the St. Lawrence River, the Panama Canal and San Francisco, arriving on 19 November 1944.Based at Kodiak, her primary mission was the performance of general aids to navigation (ATON) duties, but she also carried out numerous search and rescue operations, fought fires, delivered medical supplies, and enforced fishing laws.At the end of the war in September 1945, in addition continuing her ATON duties, Bittersweet was now charged with the performance of law enforcement duties. Kodiak remained the ship's homeport until 30 June 1964 when it changed to Ketchikan. She remained there until mid-1976 when the ship underwent major renovations at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland.Bittersweet was then stationed at Woods Hole, Massachusetts and used for ATON and icebreaking. In addition she took part in oil spill cleanup operations and also participated in the International Ice Patrol, collecting hydrographic and drift buoy data off the Grand Banks using a mobile laboratory.Bittersweet was decommissioned on 18 August 1997, and given to Estonia. Renamed Valvas, the ship serves in the Estonian Border Guard.
United States Coast Guard Station Monterey
USCGC Bittersweet (WLB 389) was a C or Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Built by the Zenith Dredge Company of Duluth, Minnesota, the ship was laid down on 16 September 1943, and launched on 11 November 1943. Commissioned on 11 May 1944, Bittersweet was assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District, and sailed for Alaska via the St. Lawrence River, the Panama Canal and San Francisco, arriving on 19 November 1944.Based at Kodiak, her primary mission was the performance of general aids to navigation (ATON) duties, but she also carried out numerous search and rescue operations, fought fires, delivered medical supplies, and enforced fishing laws.At the end of the war in September 1945, in addition continuing her ATON duties, Bittersweet was now charged with the performance of law enforcement duties. Kodiak remained the ship's homeport until 30 June 1964 when it changed to Ketchikan. She remained there until mid-1976 when the ship underwent major renovations at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland.Bittersweet was then stationed at Woods Hole, Massachusetts and used for ATON and icebreaking. In addition she took part in oil spill cleanup operations and also participated in the International Ice Patrol, collecting hydrographic and drift buoy data off the Grand Banks using a mobile laboratory.Bittersweet was decommissioned on 18 August 1997, and given to Estonia. Renamed Valvas, the ship serves in the Estonian Border Guard.
Moves down an inland waterway maintaining aids to navigation.
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OUACHITA (1960 ~ Present ):
USCGC OUACHITA (WLR-65501) is a 65-foot "A" class river buoy tender. With her 130-footbarge, OUACHITA has the capacity to carry up to 80 buoys and 100 sinkers. She is responsible for maintaining 354 lighted aids to navigation and dayboards and a total of 1,723 buoys along a 619-mile stretch of waterways. Her areas of responsibility include the Tennessee River, the Clinch River, the Emory River, the Little River, the Hiwassee River, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Sulpher Creek, Sod Creek, the Piney River, the Little Tennessee River, Bents Lake, and the Elk River.
As of this time, OUACHITA remains on active duty with the fleet and is homeported in Chattanooga, Tennessee.own
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