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USCGC Hickory
The USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, home-ported at Apra Harbor, Guam. The Hickory serves multiple missions, including aids to navigation, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and homeland security.
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| USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) |
| 2003 |
| Santa Rita, Guam |
| IMO number: 9259965 |
| MMSI number: 369916000 |
| Callsign: NAZJ |
| Bull of the Pacific (previously Bull of the North) |
| in active service |
| 2,000 long tons (2,000 t) full load |
| 225 ft (69 m) |
| 46 ft (14 m) |
| 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| 2 × Caterpillar 3608 engines |
| Marine Engines |
| 3,100 shp (2,300 kW) |
| 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load displacement |
| (80% rated power) |
| 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| 7 Officers |
| 40 Enlisted |
| 2 x .50 caliber machine guns |
USCGC cutter, HICKORY WLB-21 in Homer, Alaska
The USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, home-ported at Apra Harbor, Guam. The Hickory serves multiple missions, including aids to navigation, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and homeland security.
The Hickory was away from Guam for an extensive and lengthy modernization at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. It returned on 14 January 2026.
The Hickory was previously known as "The Kenai Keeper" and "Bull of the North" when its home port was Homer, Alaska, before assuming its current moniker "Bull of the Pacific"
- USCGC Hickory (WLB-212)
- Kingrey, Julia, (2 January 2008). A day in the life of the U.S. Coast Guard Hickory, Homer Tribune.
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