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	USCGC Salvia underway in 1971.
History
United States
Name	USCGC Salvia (WLB-400)
Namesake	Salvia plant
Builder	Zenith Dredge Corporation
Laid down	24 June 1943
Launched	19 September 1943
Commissioned	19 February 1944
Decommissioned	4 October 1991
Fate	Salvage operations training vessel for US Navy in Little Creek
General characteristics
Class and type	Iris-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 long tons (950 t)
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising; 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum
Complement	6 officers; 74 enlisted;
Armament	1 x 3 inch gun; 2 x 20mm/80; 2 x depth charge tracks; 2 x Mousetraps; 4 x Y-guns;

The USCGC Salvia (WLB-400) was a Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 19 September 1943 and commissioned on 19 February 1944.^[1]

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International radio call sign of *USCGC Salvia* (WLB-400)**^[1]

November	Oscar	Delta	Sierra

After receiving her commission, the Salvia was assigned to ATON and icebreaking duties in the Great Lakes. In May of 1944, she was assigned to the 5th Coast Guard District and stationed in Portsmouth where she remained until the end of World War II.

After the war, she was homeported in Mobile and continued to perform general ATON. In April 1951 she was disabled in Calasieu Pass and was towed back to port by Tampa. In December of 1968 Salvia searched for survivors from the lost USCGC White Alder (WLM-541).

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^ ^a ^b "USCG Salvia". USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

Category:Iris-class seagoing buoy tenders
Category:1944 ships
Category:Ships built in Minnesota

[USCG-1] "USCG Salvia". USCG. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

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