Hollyhock was built to replace cutter Bramble, homeported in Port Huron, Mich. It is part of plan to replace the Coast Guard’s World War II era 180-foot cutters.
Hollyhock is a 225-foot Juniper Class seagoing buoy tender with icebreaking capabilities. It is the 14th cutter of a planned fleet of sixteen to be built by MMC in Marinette. MMC also built fourteen 175-foot Keeper Class coastal buoy tenders for the Coast Guard. In October 2001 MMC was award the contract to build an icebreaker to replace the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw ‘the Great Lakes Icebreaker’.
Mrs. Beverly Silva, wife of Rear Admiral Ronald Silva, is the cutter’s sponser. Rear Admiral Ronald Silva, the Ninth Coast Guard District Commander, will be the keynote speaker.
Hollyhock will be homeported in Port Huron. The cutter is scheduled to be delivered to the Coast Guard in September 2003 and should arrive at its homeport a few weeks later.
Principal Characteristics
Length...................................225'
Beam....................................46'
Full Load Draft.....................13'
Buoy Deck Area..............2875 sq. ft
Crew:...............................6 Officers, 34 Enlisted
Main Engines....................2 x CAT 3608 (Low Emission) 3100 Bhp @ 900 rpm
ReductionGear/Prop.........Singleshaft, 10 ft diameter, Bird Johnson Controlable Pitch propeller
Crane...............................20 ton hydraulic 60 ft boom
Machinery Plant................Automated control w/ dynamic positioning and FDDI network
View photos of the Hollyhock here: http://www.piersystem.com/external/photos.cfm?CID=443
Media personel are invited to attend the launch ceremony, however Press Credentials MUST be picked up at Marinette Marine’s Security Desk prior to entering the shipyard.
For more updates please visit our new news website at http://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?CID=443
-30-
printer friendly