Name Bollard Commissioned February 1967 Beam 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m) Weight 73.2 tons Launched 4 May 1966 Displacement 65,320 kg | Laid down 1966 Status in active service Draft 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Construction started 1966 Length 20 m Builder Western Boat Building Co | |
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Uscgc bollard wytl 65614 top 5 facts
USCGC Bollard (WYTL-65614) is a cutter in the US Coast Guard.
Bollard is a small icebreaking harbor tug that operates in Long Island Sound and north to Narragansett Bay. Her homeport is New Haven, Connecticut. She was constructed at Western Boat, in Tacoma Washington in 1966 and was commissioned in February 1967. As an icebreaking tug, the ship breaks ice on the Connecticut River in the winter to allow commercial traffic to pass.
In warmer weather, Bollard serves many missions including servicing aids to navigation, search and rescue and law enforcement. Bollard and her crew conduct search and rescue operations as necessary regardless of the time of year. The Officer-in-Charge is a Chief Boatswain's Mate.
On February 26, 2015 Bollard was featured in a news story about Coast Guard ice breaking operations on National Public Radio.