Sycamore-class buoy tender: Difference between revisions

USCGC Forsythia
Builders
Operators	United States Coast Guard
Cost	$159,000 each
Built	1941–1943
In commission	1941–1989
Completed	3
Retired	3
Type	Buoy tender
Displacement	Sycamore & Dogwood : 280 tons Forsythia : 230 tons
Length	Sycamore & Dogwood : 113 ft 9 in (34.67 m) Forsythia : 114 ft (35 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	Sycamore & Dogwood : 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Forsythia : 5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion
Speed	Sycamore & Dogwood : 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) Forsythia : 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	Sycamore & Dogwood : 20 Forsythia : 24
Armament	Small arms

The Sycamore class were three river buoy tenders of the United States Coast Guard, commissioned in 1941 and 1943. Primarily designed to maintain navigational aids, they also conducted flood relief, search and rescue, and law enforcement operations, as well as pleasure boat safety inspections.