USCGC Spar (WLB-206)
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USCGC Spar is a United States Coast Guard Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minnesota. The ship maintains aids to navigation in the Twin Ports and Great Lakes.
USCGC Spar (WLB-206)
USCGC SPAR seal
Launch of USCGC Spar
USCGC Spar docked in Ketchikan
USCGC Alder (WLB-216)
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USCGC Alder is the final Juniper-class, 225-foot seagoing buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.
USCGC Spar (WLB-206)
…Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS) to practice oil spill recovery. The ship earned the special operations service ribbon for this deployment. In 2021 USCGC Alder and Spar switched home ports. After undergoing a refit in Baltimore, she sailed for her new home port arriving in Duluth, Minnesota on March 30, 2022…
Alder at a dock in Duluth, Minnesota