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United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, home-ported in Guam[1] The Hickory serves multiple missions, including aids to navigation, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and homeland security. The Hickory was previously known as "The Kenai Keeper" and "Bull of the North" when its home port was Homer, Alaska, before assuming its current moniker "Bull of the Pacific"[1]
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.jpg) USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Commissioned | 2003 |
| Homeport | Santa Rita, Guam |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | Bull of the Pacific (previously Bull of the North) |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,000 long tons (2,000 t) full load |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 x .50 caliber machine guns |
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