page_title: USCGC Evergreen (WLB-295)
section_title: Oceanographic vessel (1964–1982)
hierarchical_section_title: USCGC Evergreen (WLB-295) / Oceanographic vessel (1964–1982)
caption_attribution_description: English: USCGC Evergreen launching and experimental buoy during the 1965 International Ice Patrol
context_page_description: The USCGC Evergreen was a Cactus-class seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. She served in the North Atlantic during World War II and participated in the International Ice Patrol in these waters after the war. She was the first dedicated oceanographic vessel in the Coast Guard's history. She was decommissioned in 1990 and sunk by the US Navy for target practice in 1992.
context_section_description: In 1964, Evergreen was converted to an oceanographic vessel and re-designated WAGO-295. She was the first dedicated oceanographic vessel in the Coast Guard's history.  During the conversion, a computer was installed, and Evergreen became the first government oceanographic ship to have one.   As an oceanographic vessel, she was also converted from a black-hull paint scheme to a white-hull paint scheme, which she wore until decommissioned. 
  Her ice patrol duties continued under her new designation, and extended further into the Arctic.  In 1964 she explored Kennedy Channel, north of Baffin Bay, with a team of scientists from the University of Washington, Dartmouth, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.  Her oceanographic studies took her across the Atlantic to Germany in 1965.  In 1966 she sailed to the coast of Brazil to take water temperature, salinity, and oxygen content readings. 
  On 23 December 1968 Evergreen suffered a major fire in her engine room while tied to the pier at the Coast Guard's Boston base.  Two of her crew were overcome by the smoke.  The fire was put out in two hours, but damage was extensive.  She was repaired at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland  and was back at sea by April 1970.
  In 1972, Evergreen underwent a $2 million renovation at the Coast Guard Yard. New fresh water and sewage systems were installed.  A bow thruster was added to increase her maneuverability.  Crew quarters were renovated and modernized.  The deckhouse was expanded and new laboratories were added.  In March 1973 Evergreen sailed to her new homeport, New London, Connecticut.  She left almost immediately for her regular ice patrol in the North Atlantic.
caption: USCGC Evergreen launching an experimental oceanographic buoy
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