USCGC Hollyhock (WAGL-220)

26.218783°N 80.066233°W / 26.218783; -80.066233

USCGC Hollyhock
History
United States
NameHollyhock
NamesakeHollyhock
Awarded1934
BuilderDefoe Boat & Motor Works
Laid down13 April 1936
Launched24 March 1937
Sponsored byMrs. Geraldine Park
Commissioned7 August 1937
Decommissioned31 March 1982
ReclassifiedWLM-220, 1965
HomeportMilwaukee
IdentificationHull number: WAGL-220
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateSunk as artificial reef, 1990
General characteristics
Class and typeHollyhock-class tender
Displacement885 t (871 long tons)
Length174 ft 10 in (53.29 m)
Draft11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Ice class
  • Reinforced bow and stern
  • Ice-belt at water-line
  • Notched forefoot
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts
  • 1,000 shp (750 kW) (1937)
  • 1,350 bhp (1,010 kW) (1954)
Speed11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph)
Range113,400 mi (182,500 km) at 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph)
Complement4 officers, 1 warrant officer, 69 enlisted (1945)
Crew
  • 74 (1945)
  • 38 (1966)
Sensors and
processing systems
For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Hollyhock.

USCGC Hollyhock (WAGL-220) was the lead ship of the Hollyhock-class buoy tender built in 1937 and operated by the United States Coast Guard.[1] The ship was named after an annual, biennial, or perennial plant usually taking an erect, unbranched form.

Construction and career

Hollyhock was laid down by the Defoe Boat & Motor Works, in Bay City, Michigan on 13 April 1936, after construction was authorized in 1934. She was launched on 24 March 1937 and later commissioned on 7 August 1937, assigned to the 12th Lighthouse District in Milwaukee.[2] She was relocated to Sturgeon Bay during World War II and designated WAGL-220.[3]

In 1954, she was refitted with diesel engines. On 15 October 1954, she was dispatched to assist the collision between Dutch M/V Prins Willem V and tugboat Sinclair No.12. From 1 July 1958 until 14 September 1959. From 19 to 21 November, she assisted the M/V Carl D. Bardley in northern Lake Michigan. Hollyhock was transferred to Detroit, Michigan on 15 September 1959.[3]

During the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, she participated in Coast Guard operations off Florida.[4] Her purpose in Florida was to be responsible for buoys and aids to navigation in the Miami area.[5] Hollyhock was decommissioned on 31 March 1982, due to budgetary issues and was later sold to a Mission Co. as Good News.[4] Due to mechanical problems, she was stranded and towed to the Miami River, to be sold to the Florida Boating Improvement Program to become an artificial reef.[6]

on 20 February 1990, she was sunk as an artificial reef off Pompano Beach, Florida. Her wreck lies in the Rodeo Reef and has been renamed "The Wreck of Captain Dan", in honor of Captain Dan Garnsey.[4]

Legacy

A later buoy tender, USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214) was built in 2003 and named after the buoy tender Hollyhock which was decommissioned in 1982.[7]

Awards

References
  1. Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. p. 1. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Yumpu.com. "hollyhock (1937); wagl-220 - U.S. Coast Guard". yumpu.com. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. "South Florida Wrecks | Sea Experience 954-770-3483". Sea Experience South Florida. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. "3 Sep 1966, Page 6 - Nashua Telegraph". Newspapers.com. 3 September 1966. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. "Captain Dan". South Florida Diving Headquarters. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. "HOLLYHOCK History". www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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