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USCGC Sycamore (WAGL-268)
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, a 114-foot, 230 ton tender, was one of three such vessels (her sisters were the and ) built to replace the stern paddlewheel steamers
that the Coast Guard decided were too expensive to maintain.
Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat, powered by a steam engine, using paddle wheels to propel it through the water. In antiquity, Paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans...
that the Coast Guard decided were too expensive to maintain.