USCGC Dogwood (WAGL-259)

USCGC Dogwood (WAGL-259)

USCGC| Dogwood|WAGL-259 also WLR-259, a 114-foot river tender, was constructed by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works Company in Dubuque, Iowa. She was commissioned in 1941 and served until 1989. She was stationed at Vicksburg, Mississippi and later Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She had an active career, from tending ATON to escorting the NASA rocket barge Palaemon on three occasions and assisting in the cleanup operation along the gulf coast in the aftermath of hurricane Betsey.

The ship had three nicknames: "Dogfood", "Divorce Boat", "The Dog" [ cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Cutternicknames.asp |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History |accessdate=2008-08-12 |date=7/31/2008 |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard ]

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