USCGC Spar (WLB-206) is a United States Coast Guard Juniper -class seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minnesota. The ship maintains aids to navigation in the Twin Ports and Great Lakes.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR (WLB-206) is a 225' multi-mission buoy tender homeported in Duluth, MN. SPAR's primary missions are aids to navigation (ATON), ice breaking, law enforcement, …

Dec 14, 2025 · U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, Duluth. 17,515 likes · 5 talking about this · 109 were here. 225 ft. Juniper Class buoy tender based in Duluth, MN

Dec 10, 2025 · Titled Operation Taconite, SPAR is assigned to manage the ice breaking needs to western Lake Superior. It is set to cover the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, …

USCGC Spar, from Duluth, Minnesota, passes under the Blue Water Bridge on the St. Clair River and exchanges a horn salute with her sister ship, USCGC Sequoia, from Port Huron, Michigan.

Experience the thrilling final icebreaking mission of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Spar in Duluth, Minnesota, as the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off.

Built at the Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company in Duluth, MN, SPAR was launched November 2, 1943. After being commissioned on June 12, 1944, SPAR was subsequently stationed in Boston, MA …

Mar 7, 2025 · SPAR is scheduled to commence ice breaking operations in the waters of the Duluth Harbor out to Lake Superior.

USCGC SPAR (WLB 403) was the first cutter named after the Coast Guard Women's Reserve. SPAR was built at Marine Iron and Shipbuilding in Duluth, MN, was launched on November 2, 1943, and …

Coast Guard cutter arrives at new home port in Minnesota DULUTH, Minn. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spar has begun its transit to its new homeport in Duluth after a year-long maintenance …