USCGC Walnut (WLB-205)
USCGC Walnut at Hawaii's Midway Atoll in May 2008.
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Name | USCGC Walnut (WLB-205) |
Operator | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | , U.S. |
Launched | 22 August 1998[1] |
Homeport | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
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Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender[2] |
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
Construction and characteristics
USCGC Walnut was built by the
Mission
Walnut has an area of responsibility within the Fourteenth Coast Guard District of approximately 60,000 square miles and includes the Hawaiian Islands chain as well as American Samoa. While her primary mission is servicing aids-to-navigation, she is also tasked with maritime law enforcement, marine pollution prevention and response, treaty enforcement, defense and homeland security, and search and rescue.[4][5]
Operational history
After leaving the shipyard and finishing outfitting at the
During the summer of 2019 the Walnut and the USCGC Joseph Gerczak visited the smaller ports of American Samoa and neighboring Samoa.[10][11] The Coast Guard vessels met with HMNZS Otago, a Protector class off-shore patrol vessel from New Zealand, to prepare for actual joint missions.[12]
In late January, 2020, Walnut left Honolulu for the final time, bound for the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, in Baltimore. Here, she will receive an extensive work as part of the Coast Guard's midlife maintenance availability program. The vessel will be the 9th Juniper-class tender to receive this midlife extension. After the work is completed, Walnut will be reassigned to Pensacola, Florida, to replace her sister-cutter, USCGC Cypress.[13] USCGC Juniper is expected to replace the Walnut by the end of 2020.
See also
Notes
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f "CGC Walnut Unit History", U.S. Coast Guard
- ^ a b c d "225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB)", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
- ^ "Coast Guard Operations During Operation Iraqi Freedom" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "CGC Walnut Area of Responsibility (AOR)", U.S. Coast Guard
- ^ "CGC Walnut Our Missions", U.S. Coast Guard}
- ^ "Case: Cape Flattery, HI", Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- ^ "Case: Casitas, HI", Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- ^ "United States of America vs. Marshalls 201, Motion to Dismiss", District Court of Guam, United States Department of State
- ^ "Fishing Vessel Illegally Fishing In U.S. Waters Seized", World Maritime News website
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Sara Muir (3 August 2019). "USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrives in American Samoa on patrol". Dvidshub. Pago Pago. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
'It was a good transit, the longest we've conducted yet, nine days at sea and we're proving the capabilities of these new cutters to operate over the horizon throughout the remote Pacific,' said Lt. James Provost, commanding officer of Joseph Gerczak.
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Sara Muir (9 August 2019). "USCGC Walnut (WLB 205) conducts community engagements in Samoa". Apia, Samoa. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
The crew of the USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) is also operating in the region to conduct fisheries and enforce federal law in the American Samoa EEZ. Both cutter crews will also respond to any emergent search and rescue needs in the area and seek out opportunities to work with partner nation assets. The U.S. Coast Guard and partners combat illegal fishing and other maritime threats across the Pacific, including providing support to Pacific Island Forum nations to protect their resource security and maritime sovereignty.
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"U.S. Coast Guard, Royal New Zealand Navy Conduct Professional Exchanges in Oceania". Homeland Security Today. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
The commands from USCGC Walnut (WLB 205) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) spent time with peers from HMNZ Otago (P148) discussing the mission, challenges and comparing shipboard life in the region.
- ^ "Ninth 225-foot seagoing buoy tender arrives for major maintenance availability". U.S. Coast Guard. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- References
- "225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB)". Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "Case: Cape Flattery, HI" (pdf). Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "Case: Casitas, HI" (pdf). Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "Fishing Vessel Illegally Fishing In U.S. Waters Seized". World Maritime News. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "United States of America vs. Marshalls 201, Motion to Dismiss" (PDF). District Court of Guam. United States Department of State. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "CGC Walnut Area of Responsibility (AOR)". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "CGC Walnut Our Missions". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "CGC Walnut Unit History". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
Further reading
- Tlapa, Gregory (Spring 2011). "The "Black Hull" Fleet" (PDF). Proceedings. U.S. Coast Guard. pp. 10–15. Retrieved 2 April 2014.