Coast Guard Buoy Tender Kukui-- Part 1

Earlier this week, I wrote about the three Nebraska Pearl Harbor survivors gathering together.  One of them was Lawrence Osterbuhr who served on the Coast Guard ship Kukui.

from the U.S. Coast Guard "U.S. Coast Guard Units in Honolulu, December 7, 1941."

**  The 327-foot Cutter Taney  (This is the only surviving U.S. ship from the attack.)

**  190-foot buoy tender Kukui

**  Two 125-foot patrol craft:  reliance and Tiger

**  Several smaller craft

All were performing peacetime duties when the attack came.

The USCGC Kukui (WAGL-226) was unarmed.  WAGL classification is considered to be a tender.

The USCGC Tiger came under fire at 0800.

--GreGen