<br> The USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender, home-ported at Apra Harbor, Guam. The Hickory serves multiple missions, including aids to navigation, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and homeland security.
The Hickory was away from Guam for an extensive and lengthy modernization at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. It returned on 14 January 2026.
The Hickory was previously known as "The Kenai Keeper" and "Bull of the North" when its home port was Homer, Alaska, before assuming its current moniker "Bull of the Pacific"