USCGC Hollyhock

Two United States Coast Guard cutters have been named Hollyhock:

USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) is a Juniper-class, 225-foot (69 m) seagoing buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. She was named for USCGC Hollyhock (WAGL-220).
USCGC Hollyhock (WAGL-220) was built in 1937 and scrapped in 1982. She was stationed in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, and Miami, Florida.[1] She took part in the search and rescue effort when SS Carl D. Bradley sank in Lake Michigan in 1958.[2]

References

"Historical Collections of the Great Lakes: Great Lakes vessels online index". Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
Schumacher, Michael (2008). Wreck of the Carl D.: A True Story of Loss, Survival, and Rescue at Sea. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-253-22258-9. Retrieved March 23, 2011.

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