USCGC William Tate
keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard
USCGC William Tate (WLM-560) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Launched in 1999, she is home-ported in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her primary mission is maintaining over 260 aids to navigation on the Delaware River, in Delaware Bay and in nearby waterways. Secondary missions include marine environmental protection, search and rescue, and security. She is assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District.
Construction and characteristics
On 22 June 1993 the Coast Guard awarded the contract for the Keeper-class vessels to Marinette Marine Corporation in the form of a firm contract for the lead ship and options for thirteen more. The Coast Guard exercised options for the fifth through tenth ships, including William Tate, in February 1997. The ship was launched on 8 May 1999 into the Menominee River. William Tate is the tenth of the fourteen Keeper-class ships built.
Her hull was built of welded steel plates.
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