BOW VIEW OF PLANETREE, THIRD FROM RIGHT. U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER FIR AT FAR RIGHT. - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Photographer
Lowe, Jet
Related names:
A M Deering
Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company
U S Coast Guard
U S Coast Guard
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Porter, Marc, historian
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BOW VIEW OF PLANETREE, THIRD FROM RIGHT. U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER FIR AT FAR RIGHT. - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
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Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) designed the 180s to service Aids-to-Navigation (AtoN), perform Search and Rescue missions (SAR), carry out Law Enforcement duties (LE), and conduct ice-breaking operations. Members of the class have served in the USCG from 1942 to the present. They have significantly contributed to safe navigation on inland and international waters in times of peace and war.
Survey number: HAER CA-294
Building/structure dates: 1942-1943 Initial Construction