26°13′08″N 80°03′58″W / 26.218783°N 80.066233°W
.jpg) USCGC Hollyhock
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Hollyhock |
| Namesake | Hollyhock |
| Awarded | 1934 |
| Builder | Defoe Boat & Motor Works |
| Laid down | 13 April 1936 |
| Launched | 24 March 1937 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Geraldine Park |
| Commissioned | 7 August 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1982 |
| Reclassified | WLM-220, 1965 |
| Homeport | Milwaukee |
| Identification | Hull number: WAGL-220 |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Sunk as artificial reef, 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hollyhock-class tender |
| Displacement | 885 t (871 long tons) |
| Length | 174 ft 10 in (53.29 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
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| Speed | 11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) |
| Range | 113,400 mi (182,500 km) at 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 1 warrant officer, 69 enlisted (1945) |
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USCGC Hollyhock (WAGL-220) was the lead ship of the Hollyhock-class buoy tender built in 1937 and operated by the United States Coast Guard.[1] The ship was named after an annual, biennial, or perennial plant usually taking an erect, unbranched form.
Construction and career
editHollyhock was laid down by the Defoe Boat & Motor Works, in Bay City, Michigan on 13 April 1936, after construction was authorized in 1934. She was launched on 24 March 1937 and later commissioned on 7 August 1937, assigned to the 12th Lighthouse District in Milwaukee.[2] She was relocated to Sturgeon Bay during World War II and designated WAGL-220.[3]
In 1954, she was refitted with diesel engines. On 15 October 1954, she was dispatched to assist the collision between Dutch M/V Prins Willem V and tugboat Sinclair No.12. From 1 July 1958 until 14 September 1959. From 19 to 21 November, she assisted the M/V Carl D. Bardley in northern Lake Michigan. Hollyhock was transferred to Detroit, Michigan on 15 September 1959.[3]
During the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, she participated in Coast Guard operations off Florida.[4] Her purpose in Florida was to be responsible for buoys and aids to navigation in the Miami area.[5] Hollyhock was decommissioned on 31 March 1982, due to budgetary issues and was later sold to a Mission Co. as Good News.[4] Due to mechanical problems, she was stranded and towed to the Miami River, to be sold to the Florida Boating Improvement Program to become an artificial reef.[6]
on 20 February 1990, she was sunk as an artificial reef off Pompano Beach, Florida. Her wreck lies in the Rodeo Reef and has been renamed "The Wreck of Captain Dan", in honor of Captain Dan Garnsey.[4]
Legacy
editA later buoy tender, USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) was built in 2003 and named after the buoy tender Hollyhock which was decommissioned in 1982.[7]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. p. 1. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ a b Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "South Florida Wrecks | Sea Experience 954-770-3483". Sea Experience South Florida. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "3 Sep 1966, Page 6 - Nashua Telegraph". Newspapers.com. 3 September 1966. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Captain Dan". South Florida Diving Headquarters. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "HOLLYHOCK History". www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 13 February 2022.