U.S. Coast Guard Cutter OAK - WLB 211. 3,388 likes · 32 talking about this. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter OAK (WLB 211) is a 225' Sea Going Buoy Tender stationed in Newport, RI

USCGC Oak. Homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB 211) is a seagoing buoy tender that maintains aids-to-navigation along the rugged New England coastline, promoting economic security through navigation safety of …

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB 211) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender; the second of her name and the eleventh of the Juniper class. Home ported in Newport, Rhode Island the "Maine Responder" maintains Aids to Navigation (ATON) along the rugged New England coastline, promoting economic security through navigation safety ...

Homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter OAK (WLB 211) is a seagoing buoy tender that maintains aids to navigation along the rugged New England coastline, promoting...

The USCG seagoing buoy tender is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter used to service aids to navigation throughout the waters of the United States and wherever American shipping interests require. The U.S. Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of seagoing buoy tenders dating back to its origins in the U.S. Lighthouse Service (USLHS).

Mar 7, 2025 · The U.S. Coast Guard cutter (USCGC) Oak (WLB 211) was officially commissioned as a seagoing buoy tender. This type of Coast Guard vessel is primarily used to maintain navigational floating aids.

Red Wood and Red Beech replaced two sister ships, steam-engine-powered buoy tenders, USCGC Hawthorne [2] and USCGC Oak. The latter was the longest continuously serving vessel in the Coast Guard fleet at the time of her retirement.

Jul 30, 2001 · The USCGC Oak (WLB-211) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Charleston, South Carolina. The ship tends buoys along the Southeastern U.S. coast and throughout the Caribbean Sea including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Haiti and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Jul 20, 2022 · A small boat crew from the USCGC Oak gets underway during a search-and-rescue drill off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland on July 7, 2022. (Diana Sherbs / U.S. Coast Guard) Zacharia Summerall throws a heaving line off the USCGC Oak to a simulated person in distress near Nuuk, Greenland on July 6, 2022.

Jan 7, 2025 · The Ocean State is set to expand its maritime portfolio with the addition of four 360-foot U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs). These advanced vessels, weighing...