USCGC Spar (WLB-206)

USCGC Spar (WLB-206)

The USCGC "Spar" (WLB-206) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Kodiak, Alaska. The ship tends buoys in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and has acquired the nickname "Aleutian Keeper". The "Spar" also performs other duties, such as maritime border security, maritime environmental protection, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and domestic icebreaking. The cutter is named after the Coast Guard Women's Reserves, also known as SPARS from the Latin and English translations of the Coast Guard Motto: "Semper Paratus; Always Ready!"

History

The keel for the "Spar" was laid on December 15, 1999 at Marinette Marine Corporation in Wisconsin. SPAR was launched on August 12, 2000. She made the trip from Marinette, Wisconsin to Kodiak from March to June 2001 and was commissioned later that year on August 3. The "Spar" took Alaskan Aids to Navigation responsibility for the waterways of decommissioned USCGC "Ironwood" and USCGC "Firebush" and regularly sees duty throughout the Aleutian Chain, as far west as Adak and the Bering Sea and as far north as the Kuskokwim River.

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcspar/index.html USCG "Spar"]


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