USS Narcissus (WAGL-238)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Narcissus.

History
United States
Name	USCG Narcissus
Builder	Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	1939
In service	1939
Out of service	Transferred to the Navy, 1 November 1941
In service	1 January 1946
Out of service	1971
Homeport	Portsmouth, Virginia
Fate	Transferred to Guyana, 1971
United States
Name	USS Narcissus
Acquired	Transferred from the Coast Guard, 1 November 1941
Fate	Returned to the Coast Guard, 1 January 1946
General characteristics
Type	Buoy tender
Displacement	342 long tons (347 t)
Length	122 ft (37 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Superior diesel engines 2 screws
Speed	10.3 knots (19.1 km/h; 11.9 mph)
Complement	17

USS Narcissus (WAGL-238) was built for the United States Coast Guard by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota, in 1939. Designed as a navigational aid tender, she was assigned to Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1940 she transferred to Portsmouth, Virginia.

Executive Order 8929 of 1 November 1941 transferred the Coast Guard to the US Navy. Through the war years Narcissus continued to serve as a large inland buoy tender, operating out of Portsmouth. When the Coast Guard returned to the Treasury Department on 1 January 1946, the tender remained in an active status. Through 1970 she has continued her buoytending duties from her permanent station at Portsmouth.

References

• US Coast Guard site
• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.