USCGC ''Wyaconda'' is a ''Gasconade''-class river buoy tender that was commissioned 30 May 1965 at
Leavenworth, Kansas
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. ''Wyaconda'' was the first of four ''Gasconade''-class buoy tenders built by Maxon Construction Co. of
Tell City, Indiana
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History
Tell City traces its 150+ year old roots to a ...
.
[ She has been homeported at ]Dubuque, Iowa
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since June 1973.[Scheina, p 124] Her areas of responsibility are the upper Mississippi River
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from Clinton, Iowa
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Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa, DeWitt (also located in Clinto ...
to Minneapolis, Minnesota
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; Minnesota River
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It rises in southwestern ...
from St. Paul, Minnesota
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to Shakopee, Minnesota
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; and St. Croix River from Prescott, Wisconsin
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to Stillwater, Minnesota
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.[Sector Upper Mississippi River Cutters, U.S. Coast Guard]
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Gasconade-class buoy tenders
Ships of the United States Coast Guard
1965 ships
Ships built in Indiana