USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215)

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USCGC Sequoia
USCGC Sequoia.
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Launched: August 23, 2003
Status: in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class and type: Juniper
Displacement: 2,000 long tons (2,000 t)
Length: 225 ft (69 m)
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Speed: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 6 officers, 34 enlisted

USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215) is an active duty United States Coast Guard buoy tender. The primary missions of the ship is to maintain large ocean buoys, protect the marine environment, participate in search and rescue and conduct ice breaking operations. She is a Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender.

Sequoia is one of 15, 225 foot long Coast Guard seagoing buoy tending cutters. She was launched on August 23, 2003 by Marinette Marine Corporation on the Menominee River.