USCGC Mariposa

USCGC Mariposa underway in 1971.
History
United States
Name	Mariposa
Namesake	Mariposa plant
Builder	Zenith Dredge Corporation
Laid down	25 October 1943
Launched	14 January 1944
Commissioned	1 July 1944
Decommissioned	7 March 2000
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy as training hulk, 17 April 2000
General characteristics
Class and type	Iris-class buoy tender
Displacement	935 long tons (950 t)
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × electric motor connected to 2 Westinghouse generators driven by 2 Cooper Bessemer-type GND-8, 4-cycle diesels; single screw
Speed	8.3 kn (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) cruising 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum
Complement	6 officers 74 enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 inch gun 2 × 20 mm/80 2 × depth charge tracks 2 × Mousetraps 4 × Y-guns

The USCGC Mariposa (WLB-397) was an Iris-class buoy tender belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 14 January 1944 and commissioned on 1 July 1944.^[1]