Keeper-class cutter
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The Keeper class of coastal buoy tenders consists of fourteen ships built for and operated by the United States Coast Guard. The ships were launched between 1995 and 1999 and all remain in active serv
USCGC Henry Blake, the 13th Keeper-class ship launched
The bridge aboard a Keeper-class ship
USCGC Marcus Hanna breaking ice near Boston
USCGC Ida Lewis in New York Harbor
USCGC Ida Lewis
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USCGC Ida Lewis is the lead ship of the United States Coast Guard Keeper-class of Coastal Buoy Tenders, named for Ida Lewis, keeper of the Lime Rock Light. Launched in 1995, she has spent her entire c
Keeper-class cutter
…were criticized by the General Accounting Office. The contract was a firm order for detailed design and the production of the lead vessel in the class, USCGC Ida Lewis, at a fixed cost of $22 million plus various performance incentives, with options for thirteen more ships, spare parts, and training. If all options…
Ida Lewis seal
Lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on board Ida Lewis, February 2010