 USCGC Salvia underway in 1971.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Salvia (WLB-400) |
| Namesake | Salvia, the largest genus of plants in the mint family |
| Builder | Zenith Dredge Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Laid down | 24 June 1943 |
| Launched | 19 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 October 1991 |
| Fate | Sold 2020 |
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 United States | |
| Name | Brian Davis |
| Namesake | Brian Davis, a North Carolina diver who died in an accident |
| Acquired | 2020 |
| Fate | Scuttled as artificial reef 24 July 2020 |
| 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 |
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USCGC Salvia (WLB-400) was a United States Coast Guard Iris-class buoy tender in commission from 1944 to 1991. She operated in the Great Lakes and along the United States Gulf Coast during her career. Sold and renamed Brian Davis in 2020 for use as a memorial vessel, she was scuttled as an artificial reef in 2020.