USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214)
 USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) sailing through Canadian waters in August 2012. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Launched | 25 January 2003 |
| Home port | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Patronus A Penitus Mare (Latin for "Sentinel of The Inland Seas") |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | _COA.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Juniper |
| Displacement | 2,000 long tons (2,000 t) at design draft (full load) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 3,100 shp (2,300 kW) Caterpillar diesel engines |
| 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 | 50 (8 officers, 42 enlisted) |
USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) is a 225-foot (69 m) Juniper-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.
A seagoing buoy tender, Hollyhock was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on January 25, 2003. Hollyhock is currently assigned to Honolulu, Hawaii, as its home port. Hollyhock was named after a previous cutter of the same name that served the USCG from 1937 to 1982.[1]
Hollyhock is designed as a multi-mission vessel, with its missions being aids to navigation, icebreaking, search and rescue, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection. Today, the Juniper-class tenders conduct almost as much law enforcement as aids to navigation work.
History
Homeports
Hollyhock's first homeport, from her commissioning in 2003 until 2023, was Port Huron, Michigan. Starting July 31, 2023 she was at the Coast Guard Yard for a major overhaul. After departing the Yard on August 31, 2025, Hollyhock arrived at her new homeport of Honolulu on October 14.[2]
Collision with the MV Mesabi Miner
On the morning of January 5, 2014 Hollyhock was breaking ice for the lake freighter MV Mesabi Miner approximately 22 nautical miles west of the Straits of Mackinac. She slowed after encountering harder ice and was struck in the stern by the much larger ore carrier. Both vessels sustained damage but there were no injuries, release of pollutants, or reports of flooding.[3]
As of January 11, 2014 temporary repairs had been made to Hollyhock and her ice breaking duties resumed.[4]
References
- ^ "Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock Removing Buoys, River Dredging Suspended". Bay City Times. Bay City, Michigan. December 13, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Coast Guard cutter arrives at new homeport in Honolulu after restorative maintenance" (Press release). Honolulu: Defense Media Activity. United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. October 30, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
- ^ Times Herald (2014-01-06). "Hollyhock hull, stern, fantail damaged". Port Huron Times Herald. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ Times Herald (2014-01-11). "Hollyhock returns to ice breaking duty". Port Huron Times Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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