Editing Keeper-class cutter (section)

== Ships in the Keeper class ==
All of the ships were launched into the [[Menominee River]] in Marinette, Wisconsin.  There they were completed and underwent builder's trials.  When the Coast Guard accepted the ships, and ownership passed from Marinette Marine, they were placed "in commission, special" status.  The crews were trained by Marinette personnel in [[Lake Michigan]].  They then sailed through the [[Great Lakes]] and out into the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] to reach their new home ports.  They made frequent stops.  For example, ''Henry Blake'', which had one of the longer trips from Marinette, made port calls in four countries and eleven states.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Henry Blake (WLM 563) |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-13/Units/USCGC-Henry-Blake/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>  When the ships reached their new homes, a public commissioning ceremony was held, and the ships were placed "in commission, full" status.  
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! Name !! Penant Number !! Launched !! In Commission, Full !! Home port 
!Replaced!! Photo
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| ''[[USCGC Ida Lewis|Ida Lewis]]''
| WLM-551
|14 October 1995<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 1995 |title=First of buoy tenders is launched |pages=12 |work=Daily Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/244778873/?terms=%22ida%2BLewis%22%2B%22coast%2Bguard%22}}</ref>
|11 April 1997<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 1997 |title=Some sail into the fleet, others into history |pages=33 |work=Navy Times |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1590F5C3763F48A3%40GB3NEWS-1782DC0821A0CFA0%402450630-178172DF2933F74E%4032-178172DF2933F74E%40?h=1&fname=&mname=&lname=&kwinc=%22fleet%20watch%22&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1997&rgtoDate=1997&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid=kzqbvhiiuartzlhmxomahfxmvvyiysxx_wma-gateway005_1691528118082}}</ref>
|Newport, Rhode Island<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Ida Lewis |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-1/District-Cutters/USCGC-Ida-Lewis/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC White Sage|USCGC ''White Sage'']]<ref>{{Cite web |title=White Sage, 1947 |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2294025/white-sage-1947/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.uscg.mil%2FBrowse-by-Topic%2FAssets%2FArticle%2F2294025%2Fwhite-sage-1947%2F |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=United States Coast Guard |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[File:USCGC Ida Lewis in New York Harbor.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC Katherine Walker|Katherine Walker]]''
| WLM-552
|14 September 1996<ref name=":10" />
|1 November 1997<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=30 October 1997 |title=Big welcome Saturday for new buoy tender |pages=6 |work=Jersey Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/908759995/?terms=%22Katherine%20walker%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|Bayonne, New Jersey<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Katherine Walker |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-1/District-Cutters/USCGC-Katherine-Walker/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|USCGC ''Red Beech''<ref name=":10" />
| [[File:Katherine Walker552 1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC Abbie Burgess|Abbie Burgess]]''
|WLM-553
|5 April 1997<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 1997 |title=Marinette Marine will launch cutter |pages=5 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/191195072/?terms=%22Marinette%20Marine%22%20launch&match=1}}</ref>
|31 July 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 1998 |title=Commissioning, decommissioning as of June 22 |pages=41 |work=Navy Times |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1590F5C3763F48A3%40GB3NEWS-178382B6F8168260%402451015-17837E86228C5B67%4040-17837E86228C5B67%40?h=1&fname=&mname=&lname=&kwinc=%22changes%20in%20the%20fleet%22&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1998&rgtoDate=&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid=yqpeazmrudgutxujxmormumxqrnjxgvj_wma-gateway007_1691527830629}}</ref>
|Rockland, Maine<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Abbie Burgess |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-1/District-Cutters/USCGC-Abbie-Burgess/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC White Lupine|USCGC ''White Lupine'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Walter |date=1 November 1997 |title=Rockland welcomes new buoy tender |pages=17 |work=Bangor Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/665087285/}}</ref>
|[[File:USCGC Abbie Burgess.png|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC Marcus Hanna|Marcus Hanna]]''
| WLM-554
|23 August 1997<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 August 1997 |title=Coast Guard launches Marcus Hanna |pages=9 |work=Sun-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832491854/?terms=%22ida%20lewis%22%20%22coast%20guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|9 May 1998<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=26 October 1998 |title=1998 Review: Ships that came, ships that went |pages=14 |work=Navy Times |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1590F5C3763F48A3%40GB3NEWS-1781FBEE71EC702A%402451113-178172E47889B750%4013-178172E47889B750%40?h=1&fname=&mname=&lname=&kwinc=%22Joshua%20Appleby%22&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1998&rgtoDate=1998&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid=hrlagyeztercdcmmlnrzutfrnlhfarjv_wma-gateway003_1691526001254}}</ref>
|South Portland, Maine<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Marcus Hanna |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-1/District-Cutters/USCGC-Marcus-Hanna/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Spar (WLB-403)|USCGC ''Spar'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=John |date=7 January 1998 |title=Cutter arrives at home shore bearing latest in technology |pages=14 |work=Portland Press Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/849346173/?terms=%22Marcus%20hanna%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
| [[File:USCGC Marcus Hanna.png|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC James Rankin|James Rankin]]''
|WLM-555
|25 April 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 1998 |title=Buoy tender will be launched Saturday |pages=8 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190836485/?terms=Marinette%20launched&match=1}}</ref><ref name=":8" />
|1 May 1999<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=2 May 1999 |title=Coast Commissions Cutter |pages=12 |work=Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/281821975/?terms=%22James%20rankin%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|Baltimore, Maryland<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=USCG Fifth District Cutters |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-5/District-Units/Cutters/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Red Birch|USCGC ''Red Birch'']]<ref name=":11" />
|[[File:USCGC James Rankin in Baltimore Harbor.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC Joshua Appleby|Joshua Appleby]]''
|WLM-556
|8 August 1998<ref name=":8" />
|7 May 1999<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Coryell |first=George |date=8 May 1999 |title=New Coast Guard cutter to aid seafarers |pages=17 |work=Tampa Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/341412951/?terms=%22Joshua%20appleby%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|St. Petersburg, Florida<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sector Units |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-7/Units/Sector-St-Petersburg/Sector-Units/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC White Sumac|USCGC ''White Sumac'']]<ref name=":12" />
| [[File:Joshua Appleby556 1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[USCGC Frank Drew|Frank Drew]]''
| WLM-557
|5 December 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 1998 |title=Coast Guard ready to launch cutter named for Green Bay light tender |pages=16 |work=Post-Crescent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290907660/?terms=Marinette%20launched&match=1}}</ref><ref name=":8" />
|5 April 2000<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Richard William |date=15 April 2000 |title=Coast Guard launches new cutter into service |pages=15 |work=Daily Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/237646722/?terms=%22Frank%20drew%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|Portsmouth, Virginia<ref name=":6" />
|[[USCGC Red Cedar|USCGC ''Red Cedar'']]<ref name=":13" />
|[[File:Maritime Security Response Team Demonstrates Capabilities DVIDS187493.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC Anthony Petit|Anthony Petit]]''
|WLM-558
|30 January 1999<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 1999 |title=It floats! Launch thrills crowd |pages=17 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190463751/?terms=Marinette%20launched&match=1}}</ref>
|
|Ketchikan, Alaska<ref>{{Cite web |title=17th District Units |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-Offices/District-Seventeen/17th-district-units/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Planetree|USCGC ''Planetree'']]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-01-27 |title=USCG's Newest Cutter Arrives in Ketchikan |url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/ketchikan-arrives-cutter302236 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=MarineLink |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:USCG Anthony Pettit.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC Barbara Mabrity|Barbara Mabrity]]''
|WLM-559
|27 March 1999<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=31 May 1999 |title=Changes to the Fleet |pages=40 |work=Navy Times |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1590F5C3763F48A3%40GB3NEWS-178232868E3EAB26%402451330-1781736878DD9D86%4039-1781736878DD9D86%40?h=1&fname=&mname=&lname=&kwinc=%22Joshua%20Appleby%22&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1999&rgtoDate=1999&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid=awoglwekoufvnpysxsgmntnyebegchui_wma-gateway015_1691526725403}}</ref>
|20 November 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMMISSIONING OF CGC BARBARA MABRITY |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1081612/commissioning-cgc-barbara-mabrity |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>
|Mobile, Alabama<ref name=":7" />
|USCGC ''White Pine''<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29mmD2shjxoC&dq=%22red+cedar%22+%22buoy+tender%22&pg=PA371 |title=Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2002, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1996, and for Other Purposes |date=1995 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-047652-5 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:U. S. Coast Guard 559 - New Orleans 2019.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC William Tate|William Tate]]''
|WLM-560
|8 May 1999<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 May 1999 |title=Buoy tender Tate to be launched |pages=5 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190844370/?terms=Marinette%20launched&match=1}}</ref>
|3 June 2000<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2000 |title=Coast Guard to launch new cutter |pages=17 |work=Courier-Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184014872/?terms=%22William%20Tate%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<ref name=":6" />
|[[USCGC Red Wood|USCGC ''Red Wood'']]
|[[File:USCGC William Tate.png|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC Harry Claiborne|Harry Claiborne]]''
|WLM-561
|12 June 1999<ref name=":9" />
|31 March 2000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graczyk |first=Michael |date=1 April 2000 |title=A beacon remembered |pages=34 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/649827667/?terms=%22harry%20Claiborne%22%20%22Coast%20Guard%22&match=1}}</ref>
|Galveston, Texas<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=District Units |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-8/District-Units/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Papaw|USCGC ''Papaw'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Jeb |date=24 July 1999 |title=Retired from duty |pages=1 |work=Galveston Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20157906/}}</ref>
|[[File:USCGC Harry Claiborne.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC Maria Bray|Maria Bray]]''
|WLM-562
|18 September 1999<ref name=":9" />
|26 July 2000<ref>{{Cite book |last=St. Germain |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaJpBgAAQBAJ&dq=commissioning+%22maria+Bray%22&pg=PA84 |title=Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations of Cape Ann |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4671-2020-3 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |pages=84}}</ref>
|Jacksonville, Florida<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sector Jacksonville Cutters |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-7/Units/Sector-Jacksonville/Sector-Jacksonville-Cutters/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Laurel|USCGC ''Laurel'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gnann |first=Paige G. |date=8 December 1999 |title=Laurel is retired |pages=1 |work=The Beaches Leader |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A174D690B611F7EDF%40GB3NEWS-177B5742DBB97D4F%402451521-177B55E95F9F85A2%400-177B55E95F9F85A2%40?h=3&fname=&mname=&lname=&kwinc=%22Maria%20bray%22&kwexc=&rgfromDate=1999&rgtoDate=2002&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=&addedFrom=&addedTo=&sid=odhwvewkgztudnxeiqvwhkhtmtajnuoi_ip-10-166-46-156_1697496112594}}</ref>
|[[File:The Maria Bray 121004-G-OD102-025.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC Henry Blake|Henry Blake]]''
|WLM-563
|20 November 1999<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 1999 |title=Buoy tender launch scheduled Saturday |pages=11 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/191247423/?terms=%22Henry%20Blake%22&match=1}}</ref>
|27 October 2000<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 2000 |title=Waiting For Duties |pages=18 |work=Columbian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/818377295/?terms=%22Henry%20Blake%22%20%22buoy%20tender%22&match=1}}</ref>
|[[Everett, Washington]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC Henry Blake (WLM 563) |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-13/Units/USCGC-Henry-Blake/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|[[USCGC Mariposa|USCGC ''Mariposa'']]<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8eMu5hQbag0C&dq=%22buoy+tender%22+%22henry+blake%22&pg=PA260 |title=Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2299/S. 1178, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2002, and for Other Purposes |date=2002 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-068440-1 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:USCGC Henry Blake before New Dungeness Lighthouse.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[USCGC George Cobb|George Cobb]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=USCGC GEORGE COBB (WLM 564) |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-11/District-Units/cgcGeorgeCobb/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil}}</ref>
|WLM-564
|18 December 1999
|27 October 2000
|San Pedro, California
|[[USCGC Conifer|USCGC ''Conifer'']]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weikel |first=Dan |date=25 August 2002 |title=Navigating Waterways |pages=114 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190494400/?terms=%22George%20Cobb%22%20coast%20guard&match=1}}</ref>
|[[File:US Coast Guard 564 (15594970422).jpg|frameless]]
|}