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| Ship image=[[File:MapleLeConteGlacier.jpg|300px|The Maple in front of the LeConte Glacier]]
| Ship caption=''Maple'' in front of the [[LeConte Glacier]]
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| Ship country= USA
| Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
| Ship name= USCGC ''Maple'' (WLB-207)
| Ship builder=Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin<ref name="shipbuildinghistory">{{cite web |url= http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/wagl.htm |title=U.S. Coast Guard Tenders WAGL |first=Tim |last=Colton |work=shipbuildinghistory.com |year=2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
| Ship yard number=107<ref name="shipbuildinghistory"/>
| Ship commissioned=October 19, 2001<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcmaple/ |title=USCG Maple (WLB-207) |work=United States Coast Guard  |year=2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
| Ship motto= ''Gis'ook Daat Wustaax'i''<br/>("Keeper of the Northern Lights")<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/CoastGuard/CuttersUnit.aspx?u=2774 |title=Coats of Arms - USCGC Maple (WLB-207) |work=[[United States Army Institute of Heraldry]] |year=2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
| Ship status= {{Ship in active service |2012}}
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| Header caption=<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/225wlb.asp |title=225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB) |work=USCG Aircraft, Boats & Cutters |year=2012  |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
| Ship class= ''Juniper''-class [[USCG seagoing buoy tender|seagoing buoy tender]]
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* 2 ×	CAT 3608 {{Convert|3100|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines, single shaft
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* 1 × {{Convert|550|hp|0|abbr=on}} stern thruster
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'''USCGC ''Maple'' (WLB-207)''' is a 225-foot [[USCG seagoing buoy tender|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|WLB-407|6}}.<ref name=NewOfficer060809>[http://www.bymnews.com/new/content/view/33705/82/ USA.Coast Guard Cutter Maple gets new commanding officer], August 9, 2006</ref>

Based in [[Sitka City and Borough, Alaska|Sitka]], Alaska and moored in [[Sitka Channel]], the crew housing and port facilities of the ''Maple'' are located on [[Japonski Island]].<ref name="NewOfficer060809"/>

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}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:MapleMtEdgecumbe.jpg|The ''Maple'' sailing in front of [[Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska)|Mount Edgecumbe]].
File:MapleHelicopterExercise.jpg|The ''Maple'' undergoing an exercise with a USCG helicopter.
File:USCGCMaple1.jpg|The ''Maple'' sailing in [[Peril Strait]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcmaple/ Official site]

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[[Category:Ships of the United States Coast Guard]]
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[[Category:Juniper-class seagoing buoy tenders]]