USCGC Alder (WLB-216)
{{short description|US Coast Guard Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender}}
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USCGC Alder (WLB-216) is the final Juniper-class, {{convert|225|ft|m|0|sing=on}} seagoing buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.
Alder was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on February 7, 2004. Alder{{'}}s maiden voyage was on September 12, 2004. From commissioning until August 2022, Alder was assigned to Duluth, Minnesota as its home port. Alder replaced the previous cutter stationed in Duluth, {{USCGC|Sundew|WLB-404|6}}, which retired after 60 years of service.
In the summer of 2021, Alder was temporarily relocated to Baltimore, Maryland for a yearlong maintenance period. In August 2022, she was reassigned to the San Francisco Bay area. Her duties in the Twin Ports of Duluth/Superior were taken over by her sister tender {{USCGC|Spar|WLB-206}}.
Alder is designed as a multi-mission vessel, with its missions being Aids to Navigation, Icebreaking, Search and Rescue, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Marine Environmental Protection.
History
=2010s=
==Operation Nanook 2010==
In August 2010 the guided missile destroyer {{USS|Porter|DDG-78|6}} and USCGC Alder participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.
{{cite news
|url = http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp
|title = Canada Command - OP Nanook
|publisher = Canadian Forces
|date = August 2010
|access-date = 2010-09-22
|url-status=dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101130083856/http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp
|archive-date = 2010-11-30
}}
This was the fourth annual Operation Nanook organized by the Canadian Government, but it was the first to host foreign vessels.
References
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External links
- [https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-11/District-Units/USCGC_ALDER/ Official Web Page for USCGC Alder]
- [http://www.duluthport.com/mag2004/winter0304/alder.html Article Winter 2004 Article from North Star Port Magazine]
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{{Juniper class cutter}}
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Category:Ships of the United States Coast Guard
Category:Juniper-class seagoing buoy tenders
Category:Ships built by Marinette Marine
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