17193. (photo) USCGC Oleander [WAGL-264; WLR-73264];River tender Launching c.1941.
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17193. (photo) USCGC Oleander [WAGL-264; WLR-73264];River tender Launching c.1941.
17193. (photo) USCGC Oleander [WAGL-264; WLR-73264];River tender Launching c.1941. Clear, close original 6” x 8” press photo shows great detail of the Coast Guard 73-foot River Cutter Oleander during launching in the Mississippi River in 1941. The Oleander was built under Coast Guard contract in 1940 by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corp., Duluth, Minn. Designed as a small river buoy tender, she was first assigned permanent station at Kansas City, Mo. She commenced patrol and navigational aid maintenance operations on the Missouri River in the area of Kansas City and she was so engaged when Executive Order 8929 of 1 November 1941 transferred the Coast Guard to the Navy. Through the war years Oleander continued to serve on the Missouri River as a buoy tender. When the Coast Guard returned to the Treasury Department in 1946, the tender remained in an active status. In 1961 she was assigned to a new permanent station at Point Pleasant, W. Va., on the Ohio River. The Oleander remained active as a buoy tender through 1969. Coast Guard image to right (not included) shows the Oleander underway after the deck structures and remaining work was completed. Photo is b/w and includes credit line and description on back. Dated May 26, 1941. Clear and close view. (VG+). $38.