N - 45 Ft

The Red Oak was the fifth of five 157-foot coastal buoy tenders built by the Coast Guard Yard that entered service between 1964 and 1971. They were the first new class of seagoing buoy tenders of the post-World War II era that were designed and constructed by the Coast Guard. She was decommissioned on 28 March 1996 due to mandated reductions in the FY-96 budget and the ongoing buoy tender replacement project. She was scuttled in 1999.