USCGC Walnut (WLB-205)
USCGC Walnut at Hawaii's Midway Atoll in May 2008.
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Walnut (WLB-205) |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Launched | 22 August 1998 |
| Homeport | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
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| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Juniper-class seagoing 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 |
| Complement | 9 officers, 43 enlisted |
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USCGC Walnut (WLB-205) is the fifth cutter in the Juniper-class 225 ft (69 m) of seagoing buoy tenders and is the second ship to bear the name. She is under the operational control of the Commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District and is home-ported on Sand Island in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her primary area of responsibility is the coastal waters and high seas around the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa. Walnut conducts heavy lift aids-to-navigation operations, and law enforcement, homeland security, environmental pollution response, and search and rescue as directed.