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USCGC
Hollyhock
(WLB-214)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/USCGC_Hollyhock_in_Toronto_-c.jpg/300px-USCGC_Hollyhock_in_Toronto_-c.jpg) USCGC
Hollyhock
(WLB-214) sailing through Canadian waters in August 2012.
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History
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United States
|
Builder
| Marinette Marine Corporation
,
Marinette
,
Wisconsin
, U.S.
|
Launched
| 25 January 2003
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Homeport
| Port Huron
,
Michigan
, U.S.
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Identification
| |
Motto
| Patronus A Penitus Mare
(
Latin
for "Sentinel of The Inland Seas")
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Status
| Active
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Badge
| ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/USCGC_Hollyhock_%28WLB-214%29_COA.png/100px-USCGC_Hollyhock_%28WLB-214%29_COA.png) |
General characteristics
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Class and type
| Juniper
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Displacement
| 2,000
long tons
(2,000 t) at design draft (full load)
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Length
| 225 ft (69 m)
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Beam
| 46 ft (14 m)
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Draft
| 13 ft (4.0 m)
|
Propulsion
| 2 × 3,100
shp
(2,300 kW)
Caterpillar
diesel engines
|
Speed
| 15
kn
(28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load displacement (80% rated power)
|
Range
| 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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Complement
| 50 (8 officers, 42 enlisted)
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USCGC
Hollyhock
(WLB-214)
is a 225-foot (69 m)
Juniper
-class
cutter of the
United States Coast Guard
.
A
seagoing buoy tender
,
Hollyhock
was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on January 25, 2003.
Hollyhock
is currently assigned to
Port Huron, Michigan
as its home port. USCGC
Hollyhock
replaced the previous cutter stationed in Port Huron, the
USCGC
Bramble
, which retired after 60 years of service.
Hollyhock
was named after a previous cutter of the same name that served the USCG from 1937 to 1982.
[1]
Hollyhock
is designed as a multi-mission vessel, with its missions being aids to navigation, icebreaking, search and rescue, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection. Today, the Juniper tenders conduct almost as much law enforcement as aid to navigation work.
History
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USCGC
Hollyhock
on the
Detroit River
in 2003
Collision with the
Mesabi Miner
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The 1000 ft (305 m)
Mesabi Miner
at the
Soo Locks
in 2011
On the morning of January 5, 2014
Hollyhock
was
breaking ice
for the
lake freighter
Mesabi Miner
approximately 22 nautical miles west of the
Straits of Mackinac
. She slowed after encountering harder ice and was struck in the stern by the much larger ore carrier. Both vessels sustained damage but there were no injuries, release of pollutants, or reports of flooding.
[2]
As of January 11, 2014 temporary repairs had been made to
Hollyhock
and her ice breaking duties resumed.
[3]
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