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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the US Navy</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Billings_(46505553924)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-USS_Billings_%2846505553924%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3375" data-file-height="2633" /></a></span><div>USS <i>Billings</i> conducting trials on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> on 6 December 2018</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><span class="nowrap">United States</span></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Billings</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Awarded</td><td>29 December 2010<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR_Billings-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Marinette_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Marinette Marine">Marinette Marine</a><sup id="cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR_Billings-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>2 November 2015<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR_Billings-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1 July 2017<sup id="cite_ref-launch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-launch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Sharla Tester</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Christened</td><td>1 July 2017</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>1 February 2019<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>3 August 2019<sup id="cite_ref-commission_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">Mayport</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Mobile_Service_Identity" title="Maritime Mobile Service Identity">MMSI number</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/mmsi:368926295">368926295</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Hull_number" title="Hull number">Hull number</a>: LCS-15</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Big Sky Over Troubled Waters</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Star Of The Big Ocean</i></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr 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style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce plc">Rolls-Royce</a> <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Marine_Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce Marine Trent">MT30</a> 36 MW <a href="/wiki/Gas_turbine" title="Gas turbine">gas turbines</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/Colt-Pielstick" class="mw-redirect" title="Colt-Pielstick">Colt-Pielstick</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a>, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (<a href="/wiki/Sea_state" title="Sea state">sea state</a> 3)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Endurance</td><td>21 days (336 hours)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Boats & landing <br /> craft carried</td><td>11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Land_and_Armaments" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Systems Land and Armaments">BAE Systems</a> <a href="/wiki/Mk_110_57_mm_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk 110 57 mm gun">Mk 110 57 mm gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile" title="RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile">RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Honeywell <a href="/wiki/Mk_50_Torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk 50 Torpedo">Mk 50 Torpedo</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/NETFIRES" class="mw-redirect" title="NETFIRES">NETFIRES</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-Line-of-Sight_Launch_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System">PAM</a> missile in the ASuW module</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">.50 cal (12.7 mm)</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">can be fitted with up to 4 <a href="/wiki/Mk44_Bushmaster_II" title="Mk44 Bushmaster II">Bushmaster 30 mm</a> guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/SH-60_Seahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="SH-60 Seahawk">MH-60R/S Seahawks</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/MQ-8_Fire_Scout" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-8 Fire Scout">MQ-8 Fire Scout</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td>Flight deck, hangar</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Electrical power is provided by 4 <a href="/wiki/Isotta-Fraschini" class="mw-redirect" title="Isotta-Fraschini">Isotta Fraschini</a> V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Billings</i> (LCS-15)</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Freedom-class_littoral_combat_ship" title="Freedom-class littoral combat ship"><i>Freedom</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship" title="Littoral combat ship">littoral combat ship</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR_Billings-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the first ship in naval service named after <a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Billings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of <a href="/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship" title="Littoral combat ship">littoral combat ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NavyBG_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavyBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a>, which became known as the <i>Freedom</i>-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, <a href="/wiki/USS_Freedom_(LCS-1)" title="USS Freedom (LCS-1)">USS <i>Freedom</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NavyBG_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavyBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CRS_LCS_Report_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRS_LCS_Report-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the <i>Freedom</i>-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the <a href="/wiki/Trimaran" title="Trimaran">trimaran</a> hull <a href="/wiki/Independence-class_littoral_combat_ship" title="Independence-class littoral combat ship"><i>Independence</i>-class</a> littoral combat ship from <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics" title="General Dynamics">General Dynamics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NavyBG_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavyBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the <i>Freedom</i>-class design.<sup id="cite_ref-NavyBG_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavyBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  <i>Billings</i> is the eighth <i>Freedom</i>-class littoral combat ship to be built. </p><p><i>Billings</i> includes additional stability improvements over the original <i>Freedom</i> design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability.<sup id="cite_ref-DODBuzz_LCS_Changes_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DODBuzz_LCS_Changes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that <i>Freedom</i> had on her first deployment.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Billings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Marinette_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Marinette Marine">Marinette Marine</a> was awarded the contract to build the ship on 4 March 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVR_Billings-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction began on 20 October 2014 and she was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 1 July 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-launch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-launch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she is homeported to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">Naval Station Mayport</a>, Florida and assigned to <a href="/wiki/Littoral_Combat_Ship_Squadron_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two">Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two</a>. In June 2019, <i>Billings</i> visited <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Billings</i> sustained damage after hitting <i><a href="/wiki/Groupe_Desgagn%C3%A9s#Cargo_carriers" title="Groupe Desgagnés">Rosaire Desgagnes</a></i>, a bulk <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Quebec, Canada. The incident occurred on 24 June 2019. The vessel's starboard <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge (ship)">bridge</a> wing was damaged as a result of the collision.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Billings</i> was officially commissioned in Key West, Florida on 3 August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-commission_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commission-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the 4 July 2021, a contingent of her crew visited their ship’s namesake city to celebrate <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on the 10th of the same month, the ship together with the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominican Republic Navy">Dominican Republic Navy</a> conducted a passing exercise (<a href="/wiki/PASSEX" class="mw-redirect" title="PASSEX">PASSEX</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 24 August, <i>Billings</i> and <a href="/wiki/USNS_Burlington_(T-EPF-10)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10)">Burlington</a> were dispatched to support and provide relief to <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> after a <a href="/wiki/2021_Haiti_earthquake" title="2021 Haiti earthquake">7.2-magnitute earthquake that struck Haiti</a> on 14 August.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Billings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 179.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 177.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Billings_(LCS-15),_USS_Indianapolis_(LCS-17)_and_USS_St._Louis_(LCS-19)_at_the_Marinette_Marine_shipyard_on_15_December_2018_(181215-N-N0101-113).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Billings, Indianapolis and St. Louis at the Marinette Marine shipyard on 15 December 2018"><img alt="Billings, Indianapolis and St. Louis at the Marinette Marine shipyard on 15 December 2018" 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codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Billings</i> launches sideways into the <a href="/wiki/Menominee_River" title="Menominee River">Menominee River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marinette,_Wisconsin" title="Marinette, Wisconsin">Marinette, Wisconsin</a> on 1 July 2017</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Billings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NVR_Billings_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_LCS_15.HTML">"Billings (LCS-15)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Naval Vessel Register</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Canonchet (YTB-823)"><i>Canonchet</i> (YTB-823)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santaquin_(YTB-824)" title="Santaquin (YTB-824)"><i>Santaquin</i> (YTB-824)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dekanawida_(YTB-831)" title="Dekanawida (YTB-831)"><i>Dekanawida</i> (YTB-831)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skenandoa_(YTB-835)" title="Skenandoa (YTB-835)"><i>Skenandoa</i> (YTB-835)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokagon_(YTB-836)" title="Pokagon (YTB-836)"><i>Pokagon</i> (YTB-836)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/USCG_seagoing_buoy_tender" title="USCG seagoing buoy tender"><i>Juniper</i>-class seagoing buoy tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Juniper" title="USCGC Juniper">USCGC <i>Juniper</i> (WLB-201)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Willow_(WLB-202)" title="USCGC Willow (WLB-202)">USCGC <i>Willow</i> (WLB-202)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Kukui_(WLB-203)" title="USCGC Kukui (WLB-203)">USCGC <i>Kukui</i> (WLB-203)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Elm_(WLB-204)" title="USCGC Elm (WLB-204)">USCGC <i>Elm</i> (WLB-204)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Walnut_(WLB-205)" title="USCGC Walnut (WLB-205)">USCGC <i>Walnut</i> (WLB-205)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Spar_(WLB-206)" title="USCGC Spar (WLB-206)">USCGC <i>Spar</i> (WLB-206)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Maple" title="USCGC Maple">USCGC <i>Maple</i> (WLB-207)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Aspen" title="USCGC Aspen">USCGC <i>Aspen</i> (WLB-208)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Sycamore_(WLB-209)" title="USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209)">USCGC <i>Sycamore</i> (WLB-209)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Cypress" title="USCGC Cypress">USCGC <i>Cypress</i> (WLB-210)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Oak" title="USCGC Oak">USCGC <i>Oak</i> (WLB-211)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Hickory" title="USCGC Hickory">USCGC <i>Hickory</i> (WLB-212)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Fir_(WLB-213)" title="USCGC Fir (WLB-213)">USCGC <i>Fir</i> (WLB-213)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Hollyhock_(WLB-214)" title="USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214)">USCGC <i>Hollyhock</i> (WLB-214)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Sequoia" title="USCGC Sequoia">USCGC <i>Sequoia</i> (WLB-215)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Alder_(WLB-216)" title="USCGC Alder (WLB-216)">USCGC <i>Alder</i> (WLB-216)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Other vessels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USCGC_Mackinaw_(WLBB-30)" title="USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)">USCGC <i>Mackinaw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RV_Sikuliaq" title="RV Sikuliaq">ARRV <i>Sikuliaq</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOAAS_Reuben_Lasker_(R_228)" class="mw-redirect" 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