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The Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sledge (WLIC-75303), a 75-foot construction tender homeported in Baltimore. USCGC Anvil (WLIC-75301) USCGC Hammer (WLIC-75302)
The frames and 5.75-inch keel were white oak, while the bulwarks and 1.375-inch planking were either fir or yellow pine. [4] To speed construction, the hull contracts were divided between sixteen commercial shipyards (which built 200 boats) and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (which built three boats).
Additional work by Pusey and Jones put the final cost at US$ 249,600.97. [3] She was the Revenue Cutter Service's first purposely built icebreaker and the last major revenue cutter with a wooden hull, having been constructed of white oak, larch and pine. At the time, wood was thought to be appropriate for ice work because of its elasticity. [2]
The ship was made of white oak, yellow pine, locust wood and copper fastenings. She was 57 feet 6 inches (17.53 m) long, had a beam of 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 m) a depth of 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), a draft of 4 feet (1.2 m) and had a centerboard which provided stability. [ 1 ]
[1] Cost of the vessel was $103,000. [2] Wayanda was 130 feet (40 m) long, with a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and both hold depth and draft of around 11 feet (3.4 m). [3] [4] [2] Like the other ships of her class, her contract called for a hull of oak, locust and white oak, strengthened with diagonal iron bracing. [2]
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The Pawtuxet contracts called for hulls of oak, locust and white oak, strengthened with diagonal iron bracing. [2] The ships were 130 feet (40 m) long, with a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and both draft [ 2 ] and hold depth of 11 feet (3.4 m).