Photo Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC Juniper

(WLB-201)

United States Coast Guard

Home Port: 1st Coast Guard District, Newport, RI 

Type:  Buoy Tender / Ice Breaker

Built:  1995

Engine Type:  (2) Diesel

Displacement:  2,000 tons

Length:  225 ' - 0"

Beam: 46' - 0"

Draft: 13' - 0"

Buoy Deck Area: 2,875 square feet

Primary Missions: Aids to Navigation, Law Enforcement, Ice Operations, Search & Rescue, Homeland Security, Marine Environmental Protection

Typical Crew: 50 Personnel (8 Officers, 42 Enlisted)

The CGC Juniper breaking her way through ice in the Great Lakes on February 12, 1996.

These new JUNIPER Class buoy tenders have since been replacing the older 180' "C" Class buoy tenders like the Bramble. They are currently constructed in  ship yards at Marinette, Wisconsin (Northeast Lake Michigan just inside Green Bay).

The advanced feature of the Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) uses a Differential Global Positioning System to fix the vessel's location. The vessel's position will be able to be held within a 10-meter circle in winds of up to 30 knots and waves of up to 8 feet. Quite a task for a vessel of this size.

Visit her sister USCGC vessels; the Great Lakes based Alder,  and West Coast based Spar for more information and photographs.