CG River Tenders

 

65-foot Class River Buoy Tenders in service:
  • CIMARRON (WLR 65502) Buchanan, TN
  • OBION (WLR 65503) Owensboro, KY
  • OSAGE (WLR 65505) Sewickley, PA
  • OUACHITA (WLR 65501) East Chattanooga, TN
  • SANGAMON (WLR 65506) East Peoria, IL
  • SCIOTO (WLR 65504) Keokuk, IA 

75' WLR River Tenders

  • CHENA (WLR 75409) Hickman, KY
  • CHEYENNE (WLR 75405) St. Louis, MO
  • CHIPPEWA (WLR 75404) Buchanan, TN
  • GASCONADE (WLR 75401) Omaha, NE
  • KANAWHA (WLR 75407) Pine Bluff, AR
  • KICKAPOO (WLR 75406) Vicksburg, MS
 
  • MUSKINGUM (WLR 75402) Sallisaw, OK
  • PATOKA (WLR 75408) Greenville, MS
  • WEDGE (WLR 75307) Demopolis, AL
  • WYACONDA (WLR 75403) Dubuque, IA

 

WLRs push barges equipped with cranes which work Aids To Navigation (ATON). Some are equipped with "jetting" devices which are used to set and anchor buoys in rivers with sandy/muddy bottoms.

The barges are an integral part of ATON. Barge Lengths vary: 90',99', & 130'

 

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Cheyenne - Cheyenne - Obien - Chippawa - Osage 


Submitted by Joe Nixon CGC Obion 1968

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