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USCGC Sagebrush

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and his supplies for Managua earthquake victims in January 1973. Sagebrush located the wreckage of the plane in 129 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico, and recovered the pilot's body, but the body of Clemente was never found. In 1974, her crew, under then Captain, LCDR. Lindon
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Onstad, also conducted the successful rescue of four persons from an overturned cabin cruiser in the surf on the rocky north coast just west of the entrance to San Juan Harbor. Several members of the crew received personal commendations for that action.
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in Curtis Bay, Maryland, in the spring of 1973. She then returned to San Juan and worked out her service career there. In 1978 the Sagebrush ran aground on the reef north of the channel that is charted south of the island of
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class vessel, she was built by Zenith Dredge Corporation. On 15 July 1943 the keel was laid; she was launched on 30 September 1943 and commissioned on 1 April 1944. She was
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in the Spanish Virgins East of Puerto Rico, a narrow strait of water with numerous corral outcroppings located between Puerto Rico and
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during World War II. The original cost for the hull and machinery was $ 925,134. From March to April 1944 she acted as an
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She served as OSC (On Scene Commander) for the search and rescue mission following the crash of the aircraft carrying
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The ship underwent a three-month Service Life Extension & Rehabilitation yard maintenance program at the
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is on display in the National Aids to Navigation Museum in Canfield Hall at the Coast Guard's
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on the Great Lakes. She spent the rest of her service life home-ported in
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SAGEBRUSH, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
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to foster international familiarity and cooperation in the region.
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http://www.coastguardchannel.com/spclFeatures/sagebrush.shtml
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http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Sagebrush1944.asp
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Sagebrush was built by the Zenith Dredge Corporation of
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Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico
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She was scuttled off of 1376: 1350: 691:United States Coast Guard 518:in the Panama Canal, 1984 502:in the Panama Canal, 1984 486:in the Panama Canal, 1984 334:USCG seagoing buoy tender 164:USCG seagoing buoy tender 149: 30: 21: 1294:Panamanian Public Forces 1123:General Manuel José Arce 636:(HAER) No. PR-43, " 448:Training Center Yorktown 189:180 ft (55 m) 1090:Almirante Didiez Burgos 1036:Colombian National Navy 317:2 × Depth charge tracks 314:depth charge projectors 262:80 (6 officers, 74 men) 208:12 ft (3.7 m) 130:USCG Unit Commendations 576:KC O'Dunn, Crew Member 200:37 ft (11 m) 1147:Estonian Border Guard 498:View from the aft of 429:St. Catherines Island 417:Jacksonville, Florida 366:San Juan, Puerto Rico 344:on 26 April 1988 and 132:(1982, 1984(2), 1985) 1114:Navy of El Salvador 435:on 28 April 1988. 370:aids-to-navigation 297:20 mm/80 guns 269:processing systems 237:1 × Electric motor 1389: 1388: 1022: 1021: 421:St. Simons Island 381:Search-and-Rescue 358:Duluth, Minnesota 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Index


Duluth, Minnesota
USCG Unit Commendations
USCG seagoing buoy tender
long tons
t
o/a
Diesel-electric
Cooper-Bessemer
Westinghouse
knots
3"/50 caliber gun
20 mm/80 guns
Mousetrap
ASWs
Y-gun
USCG seagoing buoy tender
decommissioned
scuttled
Duluth, Minnesota
icebreaker
San Juan, Puerto Rico
aids-to-navigation
law enforcement
Search-and-Rescue
drug and illegal alien interdiction patrols
Leeward Islands
Roberto Clemente
United States Coast Guard Yard
Culebra

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