USCGC Hickory (WLB-212)

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USCGC Hickory.
History
United States
Commissioned	2003
Identification	IMO number: 9259965 MMSI number: 369916000 Callsign: NAZJ
Nickname(s)	Bull of the North (Previously The Kenai Keeper)
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Displacement	2,000 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3608 engines Marine Engines 3,100 shp (2,300 kW)
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load displacement (80% rated power)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	7 Officers 40 Enlisted
Armament	2 x .50 caliber machine guns

The USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, home-ported in Homer, Alaska. The Hickory serves multiple missions, including aids to navigation, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and homeland security. Because of her service to the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, the Hickory has earned the nickname "The Kenai Keeper".

External links[]

• CGC Hickory
• Kingrey, Julia, (2 January 2008). A day in the life of the U.S. Coast Guard Hickory, Homer Tribune.

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