USCGC Bollard (WYTL-65614)

USCGC Bollard (WYTL-65614)

USCGC "Bollard" (WYTL-65614) is a cutter in the US Coast Guard.

"Bollard" operates in Long Island Sound and north to Narragansett Bay. Her home port is New Haven, Connecticut. She was built in the early 1960s and is 65'11.5" long. As an icebreaking tug, the ship breaks ice on the Connecticut River in the winter to allow commercial traffic to pass. In summer, "Bollard" serves many missions including AtoN, SAR and Law Enforcement. Year round, "Bollard" and her crew conduct search and rescue operations as necessary. Her home port is at 120 Woodward Ave., New Haven, CT 06512. As of May 9, 2008, her Officer in Charge is BMC Phil Kibby.

hip's Characteristics

Builder Western Boat Building Corporation
Keel Laid 1966
Launched 04 May 1968
Commissioned Feb 1967
Main Engine One Caterpillar D379 8 cylinder Turbocharged Diesel
Electric Generators Two Onan, 25 KW each
Horsepower 400 shaft horsepower
Displacement 72 tons
Length 65’, 11.5”
Beam 19’ 7”
Draft 6’ 11”
Range 3820 nautical miles
Max Speed 11 knots
Skiff 14 foot Skiff, Mercury 4 stroke 40hp

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/d1/units/seclis/Bollard/index.html USCG page on USCGC "Bollard"]


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