USCGC Alder (WLB-216)
Alder at a dock in Duluth, Minnesota | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Launched | 7 February 2004 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 2005 |
| In service | 2005–present |
| Homeport | San Francisco, California |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Ruler of the Seas |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Juniper-class |
| Displacement | 2,000 long tons (2,000 t) at design draft (full load) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 3,100 shp (2,300 kW) Caterpillar 3608 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) |
| Complement | 50 (8 officers, 42 enlisted) |
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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.