Ship Details |
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Bramble (U.S.C.G.C.)Photo Credit: Wikipedia Collection |
Registry #1 | WAGL.392 (USCG) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | 8635033 | MMSI# | 367741850 | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1943 | Bramble (U.S.C.G.C..) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 2003 | Bramble | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1943 | Place | Duluth | Area | MN | Country | USA |
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Designer | Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corp. | Measurement (imp) | 180' x x ? x ? |
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Builder | Zenith Dredge Company | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 1025 | Type 1 | Icebreaker (Class C) |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 2-V8 EMD diesel engines | Engine Manufacture | General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA |
Repower | Propulsion | Twin Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | NODK; WDI8756 | |
Pendant # | WAGL.392 | Masters | Lieutenant-Commander H. H. Carter USCG (1957); LCDR G. Todd Prestidge USCG (2003) |
Owner(s) |
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In 1943-2003 she was owned by the United States Coast Guard. After decommissioning in 2003 Bramble became a museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan. In 2018 she was sold to a private owner, who is preparing MV Bramble to repeat her historic 1957 circumnavigation of North America. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 2003-00-00 |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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In the spring on 1945, this vesseldeparted the Great Lakes to her first homeport of San Pedro, Calif., to perform aids to navigation duties. Later that year, BRAMBLE was transferred to Juneau, Ak. For supply and aids to navigation work around the Aleutian Islands. In 1957 this USCG cutter while under the command of H. H. Carter travelled as part of a Coast Guard Squadron of three ships, made an West to East Transit of the Northwest Passage (the First US Vessels to Transit the Northwest Passage). |
References |
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MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Bramble_(WLB-392) (website viewed 18/09/2022); |
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