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
USCG seagoing buoy tender
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The USCG seagoing buoy tender is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter used to service aids to navigation throughout the waters of the United States and wherever American shipping interests requi
Keeper-class cutter
…tender fleet. They are primarily deployed to coastal areas such as New York Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, and Puget Sound, while the seagoing tenders of the Juniper class handle more off-shore areas, and inland tenders are assigned to the nation's large river systems. In 1991, the average age of the twelve Coast Guard…
USCGC Sundew (WLB-404)
USCGC Conifer (WLB-301) c. 1966
USCGC Mesquite (WLB-305)
Launch of the Juniper-class buoy tender USCGC Oak (WLB-211)