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MARINETTE MARINE CORPORATION DELIVERS CUTTER HOLLYHOCK TO U.S. COAST GUARD

USCG 9th District

Release Date: 10/10/2003

MARINETTE, WISC-- On October 15, 2003 the U.S. Coast Guard will officially accept the Coast Guard Cutter HOLLYHOCK. The cutter was launched into the Menominee River at Marinette Marine Corporation on January 25, 2003 and has since been undergoing outfitting and sea trials. This date marks the first day the ship's crew will take responsibility for the cutter and the cutter will be placed into a temporary "In-Commission Special" status. HOLLYHOCK will be first cutter, built under this contract, to remain in the Great Lakes. The cutter's official commissioning will take place at her homeport of Port Huron, Michigan.

Coast Guard Cutter HOLLYHOCK is the fourteenth Juniper Class Seagoing Buoy Tender and the ninth "B Class" cutter built by Marinette Marine Corporation. Currently the Coast Guard has contracted for eleven "B Class" cutters. The "B Class" cutters will join the five "A Class" cutters built by Marinette Marine that are operating worldwide

HOLLYHOCK's primary missions are Aids to Navigation, Marine Environmental Protection, Search and Rescue, and Domestic Ice Breaking. The principal characteristics of HOLLYHOCK are: Length: 225 ft, Beam: 46 ft, Draft: 13 ft, and Displacement: 2,000 Long Tons. The major equipment aboard HOLLYHOCK will be 2 Caterpillar 3608, 3100 Brake Horse Power Engines for propulsion which will power a single shaft, Bird Johnson Controllable Pitch Propeller; a Bow and Stern thruster, which provide 460 and 550 Horsepower respectively; in addition to one 20 Ton Hydraulic 60 foot telescoping beam Appleton Crane. Power generation is to be provided by 2 Caterpillar 3508, 450 kilowatts generators.

Wednesday's ceremony will commence at approximately 11 AM onboard the cutter. Marty Lakes, Vice President and General Manager of Marinette Marine Corporation will present the cutter to Captain Richard A. "Mac" McCullough, Commanding Officer of the Project Resident Office who will receive the cutter on behalf of the Coast Guard. The responsibility of the cutter is then transferred to the Commanding Officer of HOLLYHOCK, Lieutenant Commander Mike McBrady, along with the crew of 8 officers and 42 enlisted who become the "plankowners" of the new vessel.