USCGC Kukui (WLB-203)
Kukui off of South Shelter Island in 2019
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Kukui (WLB-203) |
| Namesake | The state tree of Hawaii |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Launched | 3 May 1997 |
| Commissioned | 9 January 1998 |
| Homeport | Sitka, Alaska, U.S. |
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| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Juniper-class sea going buoy tender |
| Displacement | 2,000 tons (full load) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 3,100 hp Caterpillar diesel engines |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Armament | 2 x .50 caliber heavy machine guns |
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USCGC Kukui (WLB-203) is the third cutter in the Juniper-class 225 ft (69 m) of seagoing buoy tenders and is the third ship to bear the name. She is under the operational control of the Commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District and is home-ported in Sitka, Alaska. Her primary area of responsibility is the inland and coastal waters of southeastern Alaska. Kukui conducts heavy lift aids-to-navigation operations, and law enforcement, homeland security, environmental pollution response, and search and rescue as directed.