USCGC Cypress
![]() USCGC Cypress U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola.
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Name | Cypress |
Launched | 27 October 2001 |
Commissioned | 11 October 2002 |
Homeport | Kodiak, Alaska |
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Status | in active service |
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Displacement | 2,000 tons (full load) |
Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots |
Complement | 8 officers, 40 enlisted |
Armament | 2 x .50 caliber machine guns |
USCGC Cypress (WLB-210) is a
Etymology
The first USCGC Cypress was one of eight Manzanita-class buoy tenders constructed for the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The ship was commissioned on 21 July 1908, decommissioned 20 August 1946 and sold on 18 March 1947.[1]
History
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2000s
The advances made from the 180 ft (55 m) vintage seagoing buoytenders to the current Juniper-class are all-encompassing. The current Cypress is much larger at 225 ft (69 m) and 2000 tons, and was the first cutter to implement technological advances such as electronic charting, position keeping, and remote engineering monitoring and control. Cypress is also designed to skim and recover oil in the event of an oil spill. Cypress's Integrated Ship Control System has an Electronic Charting Display and Information System (ECDIS) which enables the fixing of her position to within five meters every second. Her Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) uses this positioning information, the ship's controllable-pitch propeller, and the stern and bow thrusters to keep the ship on station without any human input. Cypress's Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS) has over 1000 sensors throughout the ship. This system makes it possible for one person in the engine room control center to monitor the ship's plant while underway.
Cypress' main area of operation stretches along 900 mi (1,400 km) of the Gulf Coast, from
In 2004, Cypress successfully recovered a sunken 38,000 lb (17,000 kg) “
2010s
Cypress responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacting the Gulf of Mexico, conducting oil recovery operations and support of the operational commander’s goals.
From April to May 2012 Cypress underwent a drydock period at Tampa Shipbuilding Company. In 2012 and 2013, USCGC Cypress was a recipient of the Forrest O. Rednour Award for Medium Afloat "Galley of the Year."[2][3]
In March 2019, USCGC Cypress collided with the
References
- ^ "USGC Fact sheet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ "Military foodservice awards — REDNOUR" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "FS Points of Contacts". studylib.net. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "USCG Cutter Cypress collides with dock in New Orleans". 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Caught on camera: Coast Guard cutter hits dock while transporting Zulu royalty". 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
External links
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