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USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209)
Sycamore being launched
USCGC Sycamore being launched.
Career (United States) Ensign of the United States Coast Guard
Builder: Marinette Marine
Marinette, Wisconsin
Launched: 28 July 2001
Commissioned: 2 July 2002
Homeport: Cordova, Alaska
Status: in active service, as of 2025
General characteristics
Class & type: Juniper
Displacement: 2,000 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length: 225 ft (69 m)
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpillar 3608 engines
Marine Engines
3,100 shp (2,300 kW)
Speed: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load displacement
(80% rated power)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 8 Officers
42 Enlisted
Armament: 2 x .50 caliber machine guns

The USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender based out of Cordova, Alaska. The Sycamore was built by Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. She was commissioned in Cordova on July 2, 2002 replacing the 180 foot C-Class buoy tender Sweetbrier, which had been stationed in Cordova since 1976.

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