USCGC Alder (WLB-216)

USCGC Alder (WLB-216)
Alder at a dock in Duluth, Minnesota
History
United States
BuilderMarinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin
Launched7 February 2004
Commissioned10 June 2005
In service2005–present
HomeportSan Francisco, California
Identification
MottoRuler of the Seas
StatusActive
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General characteristics
Class and typeJuniper-class
Displacement2,000 long tons (2,000 t) at design draft (full load)
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion2 × 3,100 shp (2,300 kW) Caterpillar 3608 diesel engines
Speed15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load displacement (80% rated power)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement50 (8 officers, 42 enlisted)

USCGC Alder (WLB-216) is the final Juniper-class, 225-foot (69 m) seagoing buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.

Alder was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on February 7, 2004. Alder's maiden voyage was on September 12, 2004. From commissioning until August 2022, Alder was assigned to Duluth, Minnesota as its home port. Alder replaced the previous cutter stationed in Duluth, USCGC Sundew, which retired after 60 years of service.

In the summer of 2021, Alder was temporarily relocated to Baltimore, Maryland for a yearlong maintenance period. In August 2022, she was reassigned to the San Francisco Bay area. Her duties in the Twin Ports of Duluth/Superior were taken over by her sister tender USCGC Spar (WLB-206).

Alder is designed as a multi-mission vessel, with its missions being Aids to Navigation, Icebreaking, Search and Rescue, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Marine Environmental Protection.

History

2010s

Operation Nanook 2010

In August 2010 the guided missile destroyer USS Porter and USCGC Alder participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.[1] This was the fourth annual Operation Nanook organized by the Canadian Government, but it was the first to host foreign vessels.

References

  1. ^ "Canada Command - OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. August 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.

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