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"]