USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215)

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USCGC Sequoia
Career
Laid down:
Launched: August 23, 2003
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
Fate: Active, as of 2004
Struck:
General Characteristics
Length: 225 feet
Beam: 46 feet
Draft: 13 feet
Propulsion:
Speed: 15 knots
Range:
Complement: 6 officers, 34 enlisted
Displacement: 2000 tons

USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215) is an active duty United States Coast Guard buoy tender. The primary missions of the ship is to maintain large ocean buoys, protect the marine environment, participate in search and rescue and conduct ice breaking operations. She is a Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender.

Sequoia is one of 15, 225 foot long Coast Guard seagoing buoy tending cutters. She was launched on August 23, 2003 by Marinette Marine Corporation on the Menominee River.


Juniper-class Coast Guard Cutters
Juniper | Willow | Kukui | Elm | Walnut | Spar | Maple | Aspen | Sycamore | Cypress | Oak | Hickory | Fir | Hollyhock | Sequoia | Alder

United States Coast Guard