USCGC Maple (WLB-207)
USCGC Maple (WLB-207) is a 225-foot United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender. Maple is the seventh of 16 in the Juniper class and took the place of the decommissioned USCGC Woodrush.[5]
 Maple in front of the LeConte Glacier | |
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| Name: | USCGC Maple (WLB-207) |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin[1] |
| Yard number: | 107[1] |
| Commissioned: | October 19, 2001[2] |
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| Motto: | "Keeper of the Capes"[3] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics [4] | |
| Class and type: | Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender |
| Displacement: | 2,000 long tons (2,032 t) |
| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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| Complement: | ~50 |
Based in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, the crew housing and port facilities of the Maple are located on Atlantic Beach.[5]
On its maiden voyage, the Maple left a life ring from the Woodrush at the site of the sunken wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Gallery
The Maple sailing in front of Mount Edgecumbe.
The Maple undergoing an exercise with a USCG helicopter.
The Maple sailing in Peril Strait
References
- Colton, Tim (2012). "U.S. Coast Guard Tenders WAGL". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- "USCG Maple (WLB-207)". United States Coast Guard. 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- "Coats of Arms - USCGC Maple (WLB-207)". United States Army Institute of Heraldry. 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- "225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB)". USCG Aircraft, Boats & Cutters. 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- USA.Coast Guard Cutter Maple gets new commanding officer, August 9, 2006
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