USCGC Acacia (WLB-406)
 USCGC Acacia.
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| Builder: | Zenith Dredge, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Cost: | $927,156 |
| Laid down: | 16 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 1 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 June 2006 |
| Motto: | Ace Of The Lakes |
| Status: | Museum ship |
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| Class and type: | Iris or C |
| Displacement: | 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) |
| Length: | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × GM EMD 645E diesel electric engines |
| Speed: | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 52 crewmen |
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Coordinates: 41°37′55″N 87°09′42″W / 41.63206°N 87.161633°W
The USCGC Acacia (WLB 406) was second to the last of a fleet of 39 similar 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders completed during World War II. Acacia was named after the former United States Lighthouse Service tender Acacia, the only tender sunk during World War II. Acacia is a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender, but with equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire fighting, logistics, and other tasks as well.
Acacia was homeported in Port Huron, Michigan, Sturgeon Bay, WI, Grand Haven, MI and Charlevoix, MI. The ship's primary duty was maintaining more than 210 buoys, lighthouses, and other navigational aids. Her area of operation ranged from as far south as Calumet Harbor, south Chicago, to as far north as Little Bay de Noc, including Green Bay, Wisconsin; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; and Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula.
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