BALSAM (WLB-62) class

 0 BALSAM class SEAGOING BUOY TENDER (WLB)

 Name         Pendant   Launched        Commissioned    Status
 ACACIA       WLB-406   Apr. 7, 1944    Sept. 1, 1944   Stricken
   (ex-THISTLE)

Until mid-2006, the ACACIA was the sole survivor of the U.S. Coast Guard BALSAM class. The class consisted of robustly constructed ships. Many serve in foreign countries -- often with a number of years of service life remaining despite their advanced ago.

IRIS (WLB-296) was...