Name USCGC Maple (WLB-207) Commissioned October 19, 2001 Builder Marinette Marine | Yard number 107 Length 69 m | |
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Motto Gis'ook Daat Wustaax'i
("Keeper of the Northern Lights") Status in active service, as of 2012 Class and type Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender | ||
USCGC Maple (WLB-207) is a 225-foot United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender. Maple is the seventh of 16 in the Juniper class and took the place of the decommissioned USCGC Woodrush.
Based in Sitka, Alaska and moored in Sitka Channel, the crew housing and port facilities of the Maple are located on Japonski Island.
On its maiden voyage, the Maple left a life ring from the Woodrush at the site of the sunken wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
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