USCGC Maple
Maple in front of the LeConte Glacier | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Maple (WLB-207) |
| Builder | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Launched | December 16, 2000 |
| Commissioned | October 19, 2001 |
| Homeport | Atlantic Beach, North Carolina |
| Identification |
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| Motto | "Tender of the Capes" (formerly "Keeper of the Northern Lights") |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender |
| Displacement | 2,000 long tons (full load) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | single variable-pitch propeller |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 7 officers, 46 enlisted |
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USCGC Maple (WLB-207) is a Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. She was based at Sitka, Alaska for 16 years and is currently homeported at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Her primary mission is maintaining aids to navigation, but she also supports search and rescue, law enforcement, oil spill response, and other Coast Guard missions.