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Photographer:
Keith W. Churill
This picture has the USCGC
ALDER setting buoys in the East Channel entrance to
Munising Bay near Munising, Michigan on April 30, 2006. Grand
Island can be seen in the background along with the
East Channel Lighthouse just under her boom.
Photographer:
Keith W. Churill |
USCGC
Alder
(WLB-216)
United States
Coast Guard
Home
Port: 9th Coast Guard District, Duluth, Minnesota
Type: Juniper Class, Seagoing
Buoy Tender /
Ice Breaker
Built: 2003/2004
Launch Date:
February 7, 2004
Engine
Type: (2)
3,100hp Caterpillar
Diesel's
 Length:
225 ' - 0"
Beam: 46' -
0"
Draft: 13' -
0"
Displacement: 2,000 tons
Maximum
Speed: 15 knots
Bow Thruster: 450
h.p., fixed pitch
Stern Thruster: 550
h.p., fixed pitch
Electric Power:
(2) ship's service diesel
generators, 450kw each.
(1) emergency diesel generator,
285kw
Range: 6,000 nautical miles at
a 12 knot cruising speed.
Ice
Breaking Capability: 14-36"
Manufacturer:
Marinette Marine Corp,
Marinette, Wisconsin
Primary
Missions: Aids to Navigation, Law
Enforcement,
Ice Operations, Search & Rescue, Homeland Security, Marine
Environmental Protection
Typical
Crew: 50 Personnel (8
Officers, 42 Enlisted)
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from the shipyard on September 2nd and she sailed on her maiden
voyage
September 12th. ALDER officially attained "Great
Lakes Cutter" status on
October 12th after having sailed through all five Great Lakes.
Finally, on
October 16th, she sailed for the first time into her homeport of
Duluth,
Minnesota.
ALDER is one of the most advanced vessels afloat,
environmental
protection, and remote monitoring systems. The Integrated
Ship Control
System coordinates radar, satellite navigation, and computer
generated
charts with the ship's controllable pitch propeller, rudder, and
thrusters.
ALDER is also equipped with an
advanced oil-skimming
system known as the Spilled Oil Recovery System (SORS). |
The
Cutter is designed to break 14 inches of hard, freshwater ice
continuously, at a speed of 3 knots, with a "backing and ramming" thickness of
36 inches.
Visit
her sister USCGC vessels; the West Coast based
SPAR,
and East Coast based
JUNIPER for
more information and photographs.
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