USCGC Katherine Walker

• Comment: Please fix the referencing errors - see WP:REFB
  Also remove the unnecessary fleet week section Gbawden (talk) 09:45, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

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History
United StatesUnited States
Name	Kathrine Walker
Namesake	The Keeper of the Robbins Reef Light
Owner	United States
Operator	US Coast Guard
Builder	Fincantieri Marine Group
Laid down	08 April 1996
Launched	14 September 1996
Homeport	Bayonne, New Jersey
Identification	WMEC-552
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Buoy ship
Tonnage	903 tons
Length	36 m (118.1 ft)
Beam	11 m (36.1 ft)
Height	2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Decks	1
Ice class	Can breake ice of about 35 mm thickness at 3 kn
Installed power	2 x CAT 3508 TA diesels,
Propulsion	2 x Ulstein/Rolls Royce 360 degree steerable Z-Drives plus 600 HP Electric Bow Thruster
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	2000 nautical miles at 10 kn
Capacity	Buoy deck area: 1/335ft2
Crew	24 (2 Officers, 22 Enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	Nav. radar Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS) Electronic Chart Positioning and Information System (ECPINS) Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) Side Scan Sonar
Aviation facilities	Crane: 1 x 10 ton

The USCGS Katherine Walker is a USCG Coastal Buoy Tender of the United States Coast Guard. Her keel was laid on the 8th of April, 1996 by Fincantieri Marine Group. Her namesake is Katherine Walker the keeper of the Robbins Reef Light , making her responsible for saving the lives of 50 people. As well as keeping many ships away from the rocks. USCGS Katherine Walker is responsible for a total of 335 aids to navigation.