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USCGC White Lupine
USS ''YF-446'' was an American YF-257-class lighter, ''YF-257''-class Lightering, covered lighter built in 1943 for service in World War II. She was later acquired by the United States Coast Guard and renamed USCGC ''White Lupine'' (WAGL-546). Construction and career ''YF-446'' was Keel laying, laid down by the Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Company, Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., in Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie, Pennsylvania in 1943. She was Launched (ship), launched in 1943. Her Sea trial, trials were held on Lake Erie on 26 April 1944, and she was Commissioned (ship), commissioned on 31 May 1944, with a single Mast (sailing), mast and Hoist (device), boom hoist. Assigned to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Naval Station New Orleans. At the cessation of hostilities ''YF-446'' was assigned to the 16th Fleet in Texas for Decommissioned (ship), decommissioning and Reserve fleet, storage. On 17 July 1947, ''YF-446'' was stricken from the Naval Register and trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Company
Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The two-county Erie–Meadville combined statistical area, Erie metropolitan area had a population of 270,876 in 2020. Erie is about from Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, from Cleveland, and from Pittsburgh. The city was named for the Native Americans in the United States, Native American Erie people who lived in the area until the mid-17th century. Its nicknames include "Gem City", a reference to its fine natural harbor, the "Gem of the Great Lakes"; and more recently, "Flagship City", from a City marketing, local marketing effort to play up the homeport of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship USS Niagara (1813), ''Niagara''. Manufacturing continues to play a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
