Ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1940-1945

WAGL-56 Kickapoo

• 157' class Tug/Icebreaker/Buoy Tender:
• Displacement: 848 tons
• Length: 157'4"
• Beam: 35'
• Draft: 14'6"
• Speed: 11.5 knots
• Armament: None
• Complement: 1 officer, 3 warrants, 36 enlisted
• Triple-expansion steam engine, single screw, 1,000 hp
• Built at Bethlehem Steel, Elizabeth Port, N.J., and commissioned 21 Jnauary 1922

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During World War II, Kickapoo was assigned to 1st District, stationed at Buzzards Bay, Mass. and Rockland, Me. She was used for ice-breakingh and general aids to navigation duty.

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