The USCGC Gasconade is a Gasconade class river buoy tender which was built in 1964 at Saint Louis, Missouri where she was initially homeported. In 1965 she was assigned a homeport of Omaha, Nebraska. She pushes a specific-use aid to navigation maintenance barge, with a crane and buoy service gear. The vessel has a beam, of draft, and displaces 141 tons (full load). She is powered by two diesel engines turning 2 shafts with 600 bhp, giving the vessel a capability of eight knots. Gasconade is commanded by a master chief boatswain's mate with a crew of thirteen assigned. Her area of operation includes the Missouri River from Glasgow, Missouri to Sioux City, Iowa.