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{{Short description|United States Coast Guard cutter class}} |
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| Ship image = [[File:USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715).jpg|300px|USCG photo of USCGC ''Hamilton'' (WHEC-715)]] |
| Ship image = [[File:USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715).jpg|300px|USCG photo of USCGC ''Hamilton'' (WHEC-715)]] |
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| Cost = |
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| Built range = |
| Built range = 1965–1972 |
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| In commission range = |
| In commission range = 1967–present |
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| Total ships building = |
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| Total ships planned = 12 |
| Total ships planned = 12 |
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| Total ships completed = 12 |
| Total ships completed = 12 |
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| Total ships active = |
| Total ships active = *Serving in other countries: |
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* 2 {{navy|Bangladesh}} |
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* 2 {{navy|Nigeria}} |
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* 3 {{naval|Philippines}} |
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* 2 {{navy|Sri Lanka}} |
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* 2 (+1){{flagicon image|Vietnam Coast Guard flag.svg}} [[Vietnam Coast Guard]] |
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| Total ships lost = |
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| Total ships transferred = 6 |
| Total ships transferred = 6 |
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| Total ships retired = 12 {{coast guard|United States|1953}} |
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{{Infobox ship characteristics |
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| Ship type = [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|High endurance cutter]] |
| Ship type = [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|High endurance cutter]] / Large patrol vessel |
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| Ship displacement = 3,250 metric tons |
| Ship displacement = 3,250 metric tons |
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| Ship length = {{convert|378|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
| Ship length = {{convert|378|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
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| Ship propulsion = *[[CODOG]] system |
| Ship propulsion = *[[CODOG]] system |
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*2 × [[Fairbanks-Morse]] 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s generating {{convert|7000|hp|abbr=on}} and 2 × [[Pratt & Whitney GG4|Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6]] [[gas turbine]]s producing {{convert|36000|hp|abbr=on}} |
*2 × [[Fairbanks-Morse]] 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s generating {{convert|7000|hp|abbr=on}} and 2 × [[Pratt & Whitney GG4|Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6]] [[gas turbine]]s producing {{convert|36000|hp|abbr=on}} |
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| Ship speed = {{convert|29|kn|abbr=on}} |
| Ship speed = {{convert|29|kn|abbr=on}} via gas turbines |
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| Ship range = {{convert|12500|nmi|abbr=on}} @ {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}} via diesel<ref name='whec378 GS.org'>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/whec-378.htm |title=WHEC 378' Hamilton class |access-date=2008-08-08 |date=2005-04-27 |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hamilton, 1967 (WHEC 715) |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Cutters-65-ft-or-greater/Article/2092926/hamilton-1967-whec-715/ |website=United States Coast Guard |access-date=12 October 2024 |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> |
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| Ship range = {{convert|14000|nmi|abbr=on}} |
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| Ship endurance = 45 days |
| Ship endurance = 45 days |
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| Ship troops = |
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| Ship complement = 167 and can carry up to 186 |
| Ship complement = 167 and can carry up to 186 |
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| Ship sensors = *AN/SPS-40E Air Search Radar |
| Ship sensors = *[[AN/SPS-40|AN/SPS-40E]] Air Search Radar |
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*AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar |
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*AN/WLR-1H Electronic Support Surveillance Equipment |
*AN/WLR-1H Electronic Support Surveillance Equipment |
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*[[Mark 92 Gun Fire Control System|MK 92]] [[fire-control system]] |
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*[[Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System|Mk 56]] fire-control system |
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*[[Tactical air navigation system|TACAN]] |
*[[Tactical air navigation system|TACAN]] |
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| Ship EW = 2 × MK 36 SRBOC launcher system |
| Ship EW = 2 × MK 36 SRBOC launcher system |
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[[File:USCGC Rush WHEC-723.jpg|thumb|{{USCGC|Rush|WHEC-723|2}}, circa 1985, with the older 5-inch/38 gun, lacking radar and Phalanx CIWS upgrades.]] |
[[File:USCGC Rush WHEC-723.jpg|thumb|{{USCGC|Rush|WHEC-723|2}}, circa 1985, with the older 5-inch/38 gun, lacking radar and Phalanx CIWS upgrades.]] |
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The '''''Hamilton''-class cutter''' was the largest class of vessel in the [[United States Coast Guard]] until replaced by the [[Legend-class cutter]], aside from the {{sclass2 |
The '''''Hamilton''-class cutter''' was the largest class of vessel in the [[United States Coast Guard]] until replaced by the [[Legend-class cutter]], aside from the {{sclass2|Polar|icebreaker}}. The [[hull classification symbol]] is prefixed WHEC. The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] are called the ''Hamilton'' class after their [[lead ship]], or the "Secretary class" because most of the vessels in the class were named for former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretaries of the Treasury]], with the exception of the "Hero-class cutters" ''Jarvis'', ''Munro'' and ''Midgett''. |
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==Design== |
==Design== |
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The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were designed to be a highly versatile platform capable of performing various operations, including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, oceanographic research, and defense operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHEC 378' Hamilton class |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/whec-378.htm |website=www.globalsecurity.org |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Because of their endurance and capabilities, the ''Hamilton''-class cutters commonly deployed with [[Carrier battle group|Carrier Battle Groups]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE CUTTERS, BOATS, AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD |url=https://www.uscg.mil/Portals/0/documents/CG_Cutters-Boats-Aircraft_2015-2016_edition.pdf?ver=2018-06-14-092150-230 |website=uscg.mil |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> They were built with a welded steel hull and aluminum superstructure. The ''Hamilton''-class cutters' hull was designed with a V cross section, and through tank testing the hull was expected to survive and stay afloat longer after suffering damage.<ref>{{cite web |title=HAMILTON (1967) |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/26/2001908644/-1/-1/0/HAMILTON1967.PDF |website=media.defense.gov |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> They are powered by a Combined Diesel or Gas ([[Combined diesel or gas|CODOG]]) system consisting of two [[diesel engine]]s and two [[gas turbine]]s, and have [[Variable-pitch propeller (marine)|controllable-pitch propellers]] |
The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were designed to be a highly versatile platform capable of performing various operations, including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, oceanographic research, and defense operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHEC 378' Hamilton class |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/whec-378.htm |website=www.globalsecurity.org |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Because of their endurance and capabilities, the ''Hamilton''-class cutters commonly deployed with [[Carrier battle group|Carrier Battle Groups]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE CUTTERS, BOATS, AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD |url=https://www.uscg.mil/Portals/0/documents/CG_Cutters-Boats-Aircraft_2015-2016_edition.pdf?ver=2018-06-14-092150-230 |website=uscg.mil |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> They were built with a welded steel hull and aluminum superstructure. The ''Hamilton''-class cutters' hull was designed with a V cross section, and through tank testing the hull was expected to survive and stay afloat longer after suffering damage.<ref>{{cite web |title=HAMILTON (1967) |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/26/2001908644/-1/-1/0/HAMILTON1967.PDF |website=media.defense.gov |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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They are powered by a Combined Diesel or Gas ([[Combined diesel or gas|CODOG]]) system consisting of two [[diesel engine]]s and two [[gas turbine]]s, and have [[Variable-pitch propeller (marine)|controllable-pitch propellers]]. They were the first U.S. military vessels with combination diesel or gas turbine operation. They were equipped with a helicopter flight deck, retractable hangar, and the facilities to support [[helicopter]] deployment. |
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===Combat Suite=== |
===Combat Suite=== |
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The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were designed and built during the [[Cold War]] |
The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were designed and built during the [[Cold War]]. Due to this they were originally equipped for [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine warfare (ASW)]], with the capability to find, track and destroy enemy submarines.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Morgenthau Experiment: Platform for progress |url=https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2017/04/the-morgenthau-experiment-platform-for-progress/ |website=coastguard.dodlive.mil |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521021941/https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2017/04/the-morgenthau-experiment-platform-for-progress/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> When constructed, they were armed with a [[5-inch/38-caliber gun|5"/38 naval gun]], two 81 mm mortars, two .50 caliber machine guns, two MK 10 Hedgehogs, two [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|MK 32 torpedo tube systems]], and [[AN/SLQ-25 Nixie|Nixie torpedo countermeasures]]. |
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During the 1980s and 1990s the cutters were modernized under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. The FRAM program replaced the 5"/38 gun with the [[OTO Melara 76 mm|MK 75 76 mm naval gun]], upgraded the MK 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes to Mod 7, installed [[Mark 36 SRBOC|MK 36 SRBOC]] launchers and the [[AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite]], and upgraded the cutters' sonar and their air and surface search radars.<ref>{{cite book |title=Coast Guard Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives |date=1981 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFXVAAAAMAAJ |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> During the modernization of the cutters the U.S. Navy saw the program as a low cost and easy way to use the cutters as a valuable force multiplier with trained crews that could be called upon during war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mellon History |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Cutters/cgcMellon/History/ |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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After the completion of FRAM, a joint Navy/USCG board decided further upgrades to the cutters' armament would be implemented, including the installation of [[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon anti-ship missiles]] and a MK 15 [[Phalanx CIWS]]. The Harpoon anti-ship missiles were fitted to multiple cutters of the class but only one cutter, the USCGC ''Mellon'', ever fired a Harpoon missile, in January 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mellon History |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Cutters/cgcMellon/History/ |website=www.pacificarea.uscg.mil |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], the joint Navy/USCG board decided there was no military threat to require the installation of anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine weapons on board cutters, and removed the weapons.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History and Legacy of the United States Coast Guard Cutter BOUTWELL (WHEC 719) |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/17/2002052353/-1/-1/0/BOUTWELL1968.PDF.PDF |website=media.defense.gov |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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After the removal of the ASW weapons, the Coast Guard installed [[M242 Bushmaster|MK 38 25 mm chain guns]] on both sides of each cutter. The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were equipped with the Coast Guard's SeaWatch command and control system, which combined navigational, tactical, surveillance and communications into one situational awareness picture, replacing the cutters' outdated Shipboard Command and Control System.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coast Guard Develops Indigenous Technologies for Cutters |url=https://www.afcea.org/content/coast-guard-develops-indigenous-technologies-cutters |website=www.afcea.org |date=March 2014 |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Missile defense was handled by the MK 36 launchers and the Phalanx CIWS. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The 378-foot WHEC cutter program which created the ''Hamilton'' class was initiated in the 1960s. The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were intended to fulfill both the peacetime and wartime requirements of the Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite book |title=U.S. Coast Guard Authorizations: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |date=1981 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxy9EOaopIYC}}</ref> Construction at Avondale Shipyards on the lead ship, the ''Hamilton'', began in the 1960s and the cutter was commissioned on March 18, 1967. Originally the Coast Guard planned to build 36 ''Hamilton''-class cutters |
The 378-foot WHEC cutter program which created the ''Hamilton'' class was initiated in the 1960s. The ''Hamilton''-class cutters were intended to fulfill both the peacetime and wartime requirements of the Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite book |title=U.S. Coast Guard Authorizations: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |date=1981 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxy9EOaopIYC}}</ref> Construction at Avondale Shipyards on the lead ship, the ''Hamilton'', began in the 1960s and the cutter was commissioned on March 18, 1967. Originally the Coast Guard planned to build 36 ''Hamilton''-class cutters. Due to the [[Weather ship#Fading use|termination of the ocean stations program]], they reduced the number of planned cutters to 12.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coast Guard Cutter Design |url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jun/27/2001769154/-1/-1/0/CUTTERDESIGN1990.PDF |website=media.defense.gov |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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During the [[Vietnam War]] multiple ''Hamilton''-class cutters supported [[Operation Market Time]]. The cutters patrolled the South Vietnamese coastline, boarded and inspected suspected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong vessels, conducted [[naval gunfire support]] missions, and provided medical assistance to Vietnamese civilians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_tulichvietnam.asp |title=The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict |first=Eugene N. |last=Tulich |website=USCG Historian's Office |date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111085520/http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_tulichvietnam.asp |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout their service |
During the [[Vietnam War]] multiple ''Hamilton''-class cutters supported [[Operation Market Time]]. The cutters patrolled the South Vietnamese coastline, boarded and inspected suspected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong vessels, conducted [[naval gunfire support]] missions, and provided medical assistance to Vietnamese civilians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_tulichvietnam.asp |title=The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict |first=Eugene N. |last=Tulich |website=USCG Historian's Office |date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111085520/http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_tulichvietnam.asp |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout their service ''Hamilton''-class participated in other conflicts and military operations such as [[United States invasion of Grenada|Operation Urgent Fury]], [[Operation Vigilant Sentinel]], [[Operation Deny Flight]], and [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The U.S. Coast Guard in Grenada |url=https://www.navalhistory.org/2013/10/24/the-guard-in-grenada |website=www.navalhistory.org |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau to be decommissioned Tuesday |url=https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-cutter-morgenthau-to-be-decommissioned-tuesday/2017/04/17/ |website=coastguardnews.com |access-date=20 October 2019 |quote=Morgenthau was the first U.S. Coast Guard cutter to deploy to the [[Persian Gulf]]. Participating in Operation Vigilant Sentinel,}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guardians of the Gulf: A History of Coast Guard Combat Operations in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2002-2004 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/02/2001772360/-1/-1/0/USCGINOIF.PDF |website=media.defense.gov |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the FRAM program. The program included updates and changes to the cutters weapons, sensors, addition of a helicopter hangar, engine overhauls, and improved habitability. |
Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the FRAM program. The program included updates and changes to the cutters weapons, sensors, the addition of a helicopter hangar, engine overhauls, and improved habitability. |
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Cutters ''Midgett'' and ''Munro'' were renamed to ''John Midgett'' and ''Douglas Munro'' to allow the new Legend-class cutters ''[[USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757)|Midgett]]'' and ''[[USCGC Munro (WMSL-755)|Munro]]'' to assume the former names of the two ''Hamilton''-class cutters. |
Cutters ''Midgett'' and ''Munro'' were renamed to ''John Midgett'' and ''Douglas Munro'' to allow the new Legend-class cutters ''[[USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757)|Midgett]]'' and ''[[USCGC Munro (WMSL-755)|Munro]]'' to assume the former names of the two ''Hamilton''-class cutters. |
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In March 2007, cutters ''Hamilton'' and ''Sherman'' intercepted the Panamanian-flagged fishing vessel ''Gatun'' in international waters and |
In March 2007, cutters ''Hamilton'' and ''Sherman'' intercepted the Panamanian-flagged fishing vessel ''Gatun'' in international waters and recovered {{convert|20|metric ton}} of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $600 million retail. The seizure was at that time the largest at-sea drug bust in US history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coast Guard Seizes 43,000 Pounds of Cocaine |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032101122.html |website=washingtonpost.com |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Hamilton|WHEC-715|2}} |
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|January 1965 |
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|18 December 1965 |
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|18 March 1967 |
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|28 March 2011 |
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|Transferred to the [[Philippine Navy]] on 13 May 2011 as [[BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15)|BRP ''Gregorio del Pilar'' (PS-15)]] |
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!Fate |
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|{{USCGC|Dallas|WHEC-716|2}} |
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! colspan=8 style="background: #80D8FF;"| <center>'''[[Kodiak, Alaska]]:'''</center> |
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|WHEC-716 |
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|7 February 1966 |
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|1 October 1966 |
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|11 March 1968 |
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|30 March 2012 |
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|Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 22 May 2012 as [[BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16)|BRP ''Ramon Alcaraz'' (PS-16)]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/06/12/next-navy-ship-be-named-after-corregidor-hero |title=Next Navy ship to be named after Corregidor hero |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127233607/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/06/12/next-navy-ship-be-named-after-corregidor-hero |archive-date=27 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Mellon|WHEC-717|2}} |
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|25 July 1966 |
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|11 February 1967 |
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|9 January 1968 |
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|5 December 1970 |
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|20 August 2020 |
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|27 September 1971 |
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|Earmarked for transfer to [[Vietnam Coast Guard]], likely become CSB 8022 |
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|24 April 2021 |
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|Earmarked for transfer to the [[Vietnam Coast Guard]] upon decommissioning in the future (unconfirmed) |
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|{{USCGC|Chase|WHEC-718|2}} |
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! colspan=8 style="background: #80D8FF;"| <center>'''[[San Diego, California]]:'''</center> |
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|WHEC-718 |
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|26 October 1966 |
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|20 May 1967 |
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|11 March 1968 |
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|29 March 2011 |
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|Transferred to [[Nigerian Navy]] on 13 May 2011 as the NNS ''Thunder'' (F90) |
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|{{USCGC|Boutwell|WHEC-719|2}} |
|{{USCGC|Boutwell|WHEC-719|2}} |
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|24 June 1968 |
|24 June 1968 |
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|16 March 2016 |
|16 March 2016 |
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|Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 21 July 2016 as [[BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PS-17)|BRP ''Andres Bonifacio'' (PS-17)]] |
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|{{USCGC|Chase|WHEC-718|2}} |
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|WHEC-718 |
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|26 October 1966 |
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|20 May 1967 |
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|11 March 1968 |
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|29 March 2011 |
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|Transferred to Nigerian Navy on 13 May 2011 as the NNS ''Thunder'' (F90) |
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|{{USCGC|Hamilton|WHEC-715|2}} |
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|WHEC-715 |
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|January 1965 |
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|December 18, 1965 |
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|March 18, 1967 |
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|March 28, 2011 |
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|Transferred to the Philippine Navy 13 May 2011 as {{ship|BRP|Gregorio del Pilar|FF-15}} |
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! colspan=8 style="background: #80D8FF;"| <center>'''[[Honolulu, Hawaii]]:'''</center> |
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|{{USCGC|Jarvis|WHEC-725|2}} |
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|WHEC-725 |
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|9 September 1970 |
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|24 April 1971 |
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|4 August 1972 |
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|2 October 2012 |
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|Transferred to the [[Bangladesh Navy]] on 23 May 2013 as {{BNS|Somudra Joy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy/ |title=Former Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Transferred to Growing Bangladesh Navy |website=defensemedianetwork.com |last=Mazumdar |first=Mrityunjoy |date=4 June 2013 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213400/http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy/ |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Rush|WHEC-723|2}} |
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|WHEC-723 |
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|23 October 1967 |
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|16 November 1968 |
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|3 July 1969 |
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|3 February 2015 |
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|Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 6 May 2015 as {{BNS|Somudra Avijan}}<ref>[http://englishnewsbd.com/2015/05/08/somudra-avijan-handed-over-to-bangladesh-navy/ ‘Somudra Avijan’ handed over to Bangladesh Navy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722035906/http://englishnewsbd.com/2015/05/08/somudra-avijan-handed-over-to-bangladesh-navy/ |date=July 22, 2015 }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Morgenthau|WHEC-722|2}} |
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|WHEC-722 |
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|17 July 1967 |
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|10 February 1968 |
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|10 March 1969 |
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|18 April 2017 |
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|Transferred to [[Vietnam Coast Guard]] on 25 May 2017 as CSB 8020<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/us-delivers-patrol-boats-to-vietnam |title=U.S. Delivers Patrol Boats, Cutter to Vietnam |publisher=Maritime Executive |author=MarEx |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=26 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526024242/http://maritime-executive.com/article/us-delivers-patrol-boats-to-vietnam |archive-date=26 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Sherman|WHEC-720|2}} |
|{{USCGC|Sherman|WHEC-720|2}} |
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|WHEC-720 |
|WHEC-720 |
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|25 January 1967 |
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|3 September 1968 |
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|23 August 1968 |
|23 August 1968 |
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|29 March 2018 |
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|Transferred to the [[Sri Lanka Navy]] on 27 August 2018, recommissioned 6 June 2019 as SLNS ''Gajabahu'' (P626)<ref>{{cite news |title=USCG transfers decommissioned cutter to Sri Lanka |url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/uscg-transfers-decommissioned-cutter-sri-lanka/ |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906231829/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/uscg-transfers-decommissioned-cutter-sri-lanka/ |archive-date=6 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SLNS Gajabahu">{{cite news |title=President commissions U.S. Coast Guard Cutter given to Sri Lanka Navy as SLNS Gajabahu |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_19A/Jun06_1559840466CH.php |access-date=6 June 2019 |agency=ColomboPage |date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003346/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_19A/Jun06_1559840466CH.php |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
|Transferred to the [[Sri Lanka Navy]] on 27 August 2018, recommissioned 6 June 2019 as [[SLNS Gajabahu (P626)|SLNS ''Gajabahu'']] (P626)<ref>{{cite news |title=USCG transfers decommissioned cutter to Sri Lanka |url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/uscg-transfers-decommissioned-cutter-sri-lanka/ |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906231829/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/uscg-transfers-decommissioned-cutter-sri-lanka/ |archive-date=6 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SLNS Gajabahu">{{cite news |title=President commissions U.S. Coast Guard Cutter given to Sri Lanka Navy as SLNS Gajabahu |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_19A/Jun06_1559840466CH.php |access-date=6 June 2019 |agency=ColomboPage |date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003346/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_19A/Jun06_1559840466CH.php |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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! colspan=8 style="background: #80D8FF;"| <center>'''[[Charleston, South Carolina]]:'''</center> |
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|{{USCGC|Dallas|WHEC-716|2}} |
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|WHEC-716 |
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|7 February 1966 |
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|1 October 1966 |
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|11 March 1968 |
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|30 March 2012 |
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|Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 22 May 2012 as {{ship|BRP|Ramon Alcaraz|FF-16}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/06/12/next-navy-ship-be-named-after-corregidor-hero |title=Next Navy ship to be named after Corregidor hero |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127233607/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/06/12/next-navy-ship-be-named-after-corregidor-hero |archive-date=27 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Gallatin|WHEC-721|2}} |
|{{USCGC|Gallatin|WHEC-721|2}} |
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|Transferred to Nigerian Navy on 7 May 2014 as NNS ''Okpabana'' (F93)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34581:nigeria-receives-ex-us-coast-guard-cutter-gallatin&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |title=Nigeria receives ex-US Coast Guard cutter Gallatin |website=defenceweb.co.za |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=8 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225525/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34581:nigeria-receives-ex-us-coast-guard-cutter-gallatin&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
|Transferred to Nigerian Navy on 7 May 2014 as NNS ''Okpabana'' (F93)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34581:nigeria-receives-ex-us-coast-guard-cutter-gallatin&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |title=Nigeria receives ex-US Coast Guard cutter Gallatin |website=defenceweb.co.za |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=8 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225525/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34581:nigeria-receives-ex-us-coast-guard-cutter-gallatin&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Morgenthau|WHEC-722|2}} |
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|WHEC-722 |
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|17 July 1967 |
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|10 February 1968 |
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|10 March 1969 |
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|18 April 2017 |
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|Transferred to Vietnam Coast Guard on 25 May 2017 as CSB 8020<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/us-delivers-patrol-boats-to-vietnam |title=U.S. Delivers Patrol Boats, Cutter to Vietnam |publisher=Maritime Executive |author=MarEx |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=26 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526024242/http://maritime-executive.com/article/us-delivers-patrol-boats-to-vietnam |archive-date=26 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Rush|WHEC-723|2}} |
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|23 October 1967 |
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|25 July 1966 |
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|16 November 1968 |
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|11 February 1967 |
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|3 July 1969 |
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|9 January 1968 |
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|3 February 2015 |
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|20 August 2020 |
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|Transferred to the [[Bangladesh Navy]] on 6 May 2015 as {{BNS|Somudra Avijan}}<ref>[http://englishnewsbd.com/2015/05/08/somudra-avijan-handed-over-to-bangladesh-navy/ ‘Somudra Avijan’ handed over to Bangladesh Navy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722035906/http://englishnewsbd.com/2015/05/08/somudra-avijan-handed-over-to-bangladesh-navy/ |date=July 22, 2015 }}</ref> |
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|Earmarked for transfer to Bahrain's Royal Naval Force |
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|{{USCGC|Douglas Munro|WHEC-724|2}} |
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|WHEC-724 |
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|18 February 1970 |
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|5 December 1970 |
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|27 September 1971 |
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|24 April 2021 |
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|Transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy on 26 October 2021. Commissioned on 20 November 2022 as [[SLNS Vijayabahu (P627)|SLNS ''Vijayabahu'']] (P627).<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 October 2021|title=Sri Lanka Navy takes delivery of Ex-USCGC Douglas Munro|url=https://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2021/10/27/202110271400/}}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|Jarvis|WHEC-725|2}} |
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|WHEC-725 |
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|9 September 1970 |
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|24 April 1971 |
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|4 August 1972 |
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|2 October 2012 |
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|Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 23 May 2013 as {{BNS|Somudra Joy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy/ |title=Former Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Transferred to Growing Bangladesh Navy |website=defensemedianetwork.com |last=Mazumdar |first=Mrityunjoy |date=4 June 2013 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213400/http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy/ |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|{{USCGC|John Midgett|WHEC-726|2}} |
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|17 March 1972 |
|17 March 1972 |
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|June 2020 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/29242bd | title=Alcoast 249/20 - Jun 2020 Uscgc John Midgett (Whec 726) 48 Years of Service }}</ref> |
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|Transferred to Vietnam Coast Guard on 1 June 2021 as CSB 8021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bon Voyage, CSB 8021|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fusembassyhanoi%2Fposts%2F4560952010600292|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Facebook|language=en}}</ref> |
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*{{navy|Bahrain|}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Excess Defense Articles(EDA)public report 2020 |url=https://www.dsca.mil/programs/excess-defense-articles-eda |website=dsca.mil |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> |
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*[http://www.uscg.mil/d13/docs/factsheets/378.pdf {{convert|378|ft|m|adj=on}} High Endurance Cutter Fact Sheet] |
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*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/whec-378.htm GlobalSecurity.org overview] |
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Latest revision as of 01:57, 12 October 2024
.jpg) USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715), lead ship of the Hamilton class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Hamilton class |
| Builders | Avondale Shipyards |
| Operators | See Operators |
| Preceded by | Treasury-class cutter |
| Succeeded by | Legend-class cutter[1] |
| Built | 1965–1972 |
| In commission | 1967–present |
| Planned | 12 |
| Completed | 12 |
| Active |
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| Retired | 12  United States Coast Guard |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | High endurance cutter / Large patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 3,250 metric tons |
| Length | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) via gas turbines |
| Range | 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) @ 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) via diesel[2][3] |
| Endurance | 45 days |
| Complement | 167 and can carry up to 186 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × MK 36 SRBOC launcher system |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × MH-65 Helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and Hangar |
The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker. The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC. The cutters are called the Hamilton class after their lead ship, or the "Secretary class" because most of the vessels in the class were named for former Secretaries of the Treasury, with the exception of the "Hero-class cutters" Jarvis, Munro and Midgett.
Design
[edit]The Hamilton-class cutters were designed to be a highly versatile platform capable of performing various operations, including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, oceanographic research, and defense operations.[4] Because of their endurance and capabilities, the Hamilton-class cutters commonly deployed with Carrier Battle Groups.[5] They were built with a welded steel hull and aluminum superstructure. The Hamilton-class cutters' hull was designed with a V cross section, and through tank testing the hull was expected to survive and stay afloat longer after suffering damage.[6]
They are powered by a Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG) system consisting of two diesel engines and two gas turbines, and have controllable-pitch propellers. They were the first U.S. military vessels with combination diesel or gas turbine operation. They were equipped with a helicopter flight deck, retractable hangar, and the facilities to support helicopter deployment.
Combat Suite
[edit]The Hamilton-class cutters were designed and built during the Cold War. Due to this they were originally equipped for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with the capability to find, track and destroy enemy submarines.[7] When constructed, they were armed with a 5"/38 naval gun, two 81 mm mortars, two .50 caliber machine guns, two MK 10 Hedgehogs, two MK 32 torpedo tube systems, and Nixie torpedo countermeasures.
During the 1980s and 1990s the cutters were modernized under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. The FRAM program replaced the 5"/38 gun with the MK 75 76 mm naval gun, upgraded the MK 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes to Mod 7, installed MK 36 SRBOC launchers and the AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite, and upgraded the cutters' sonar and their air and surface search radars.[8] During the modernization of the cutters the U.S. Navy saw the program as a low cost and easy way to use the cutters as a valuable force multiplier with trained crews that could be called upon during war.[9]
After the completion of FRAM, a joint Navy/USCG board decided further upgrades to the cutters' armament would be implemented, including the installation of Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a MK 15 Phalanx CIWS. The Harpoon anti-ship missiles were fitted to multiple cutters of the class but only one cutter, the USCGC Mellon, ever fired a Harpoon missile, in January 1990.[10] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the joint Navy/USCG board decided there was no military threat to require the installation of anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine weapons on board cutters, and removed the weapons.[11]
After the removal of the ASW weapons, the Coast Guard installed MK 38 25 mm chain guns on both sides of each cutter. The Hamilton-class cutters were equipped with the Coast Guard's SeaWatch command and control system, which combined navigational, tactical, surveillance and communications into one situational awareness picture, replacing the cutters' outdated Shipboard Command and Control System.[12] Missile defense was handled by the MK 36 launchers and the Phalanx CIWS.
History
[edit]The 378-foot WHEC cutter program which created the Hamilton class was initiated in the 1960s. The Hamilton-class cutters were intended to fulfill both the peacetime and wartime requirements of the Coast Guard.[13] Construction at Avondale Shipyards on the lead ship, the Hamilton, began in the 1960s and the cutter was commissioned on March 18, 1967. Originally the Coast Guard planned to build 36 Hamilton-class cutters. Due to the termination of the ocean stations program, they reduced the number of planned cutters to 12.[14]
During the Vietnam War multiple Hamilton-class cutters supported Operation Market Time. The cutters patrolled the South Vietnamese coastline, boarded and inspected suspected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong vessels, conducted naval gunfire support missions, and provided medical assistance to Vietnamese civilians.[15] Throughout their service Hamilton-class participated in other conflicts and military operations such as Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Vigilant Sentinel, Operation Deny Flight, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.[16][17][18]
Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the FRAM program. The program included updates and changes to the cutters weapons, sensors, the addition of a helicopter hangar, engine overhauls, and improved habitability.
Cutters Midgett and Munro were renamed to John Midgett and Douglas Munro to allow the new Legend-class cutters Midgett and Munro to assume the former names of the two Hamilton-class cutters.
In March 2007, cutters Hamilton and Sherman intercepted the Panamanian-flagged fishing vessel Gatun in international waters and recovered 20 metric tons (20 long tons) of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $600 million retail. The seizure was at that time the largest at-sea drug bust in US history.[19]
Ships in class
[edit]| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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| Hamilton | WHEC-715 | Avondale Shipyards | January 1965 | 18 December 1965 | 18 March 1967 | 28 March 2011 | Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 13 May 2011 as BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15) |
| Dallas | WHEC-716 | 7 February 1966 | 1 October 1966 | 11 March 1968 | 30 March 2012 | Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 22 May 2012 as BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16)[20] | |
| Mellon | WHEC-717 | 25 July 1966 | 11 February 1967 | 9 January 1968 | 20 August 2020 | Earmarked for transfer to Vietnam Coast Guard, likely become CSB 8022 | |
| Chase | WHEC-718 | 26 October 1966 | 20 May 1967 | 11 March 1968 | 29 March 2011 | Transferred to Nigerian Navy on 13 May 2011 as the NNS Thunder (F90) | |
| Boutwell | WHEC-719 | 12 December 1966 | 17 June 1967 | 24 June 1968 | 16 March 2016 | Transferred to the Philippine Navy on 21 July 2016 as BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) | |
| Sherman | WHEC-720 | 25 January 1967 | 3 September 1968 | 23 August 1968 | 29 March 2018 | Transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy on 27 August 2018, recommissioned 6 June 2019 as SLNS Gajabahu (P626)[21][22] | |
| Gallatin | WHEC-721 | 17 April 1967 | 18 November 1967 | 20 December 1968 | 31 March 2014 | Transferred to Nigerian Navy on 7 May 2014 as NNS Okpabana (F93)[23] | |
| Morgenthau | WHEC-722 | 17 July 1967 | 10 February 1968 | 10 March 1969 | 18 April 2017 | Transferred to Vietnam Coast Guard on 25 May 2017 as CSB 8020[24] | |
| Rush | WHEC-723 | 23 October 1967 | 16 November 1968 | 3 July 1969 | 3 February 2015 | Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 6 May 2015 as BNS Somudra Avijan[25] | |
| Douglas Munro | WHEC-724 | 18 February 1970 | 5 December 1970 | 27 September 1971 | 24 April 2021 | Transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy on 26 October 2021. Commissioned on 20 November 2022 as SLNS Vijayabahu (P627).[26] | |
| Jarvis | WHEC-725 | 9 September 1970 | 24 April 1971 | 4 August 1972 | 2 October 2012 | Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 23 May 2013 as BNS Somudra Joy[27] | |
| John Midgett | WHEC-726 | 5 April 1971 | 4 September 1971 | 17 March 1972 | June 2020 [28] | Transferred to Vietnam Coast Guard on 1 June 2021 as CSB 8021[29] |
Operators
[edit]Former
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Reed, John (23 May 2011). "End of an Era, USCG Retiring Hamilton Class Cutters - Defensetech". Defensetech. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "WHEC 378' Hamilton class". GlobalSecurity.org. 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Hamilton, 1967 (WHEC 715)". United States Coast Guard. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "WHEC 378' Hamilton class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "THE CUTTERS, BOATS, AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD" (PDF). uscg.mil. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "HAMILTON (1967)" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "The Morgenthau Experiment: Platform for progress". coastguard.dodlive.mil. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Coast Guard Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1981. p. 87. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Mellon History". www.pacificarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Mellon History". www.pacificarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "The History and Legacy of the United States Coast Guard Cutter BOUTWELL (WHEC 719)" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Coast Guard Develops Indigenous Technologies for Cutters". www.afcea.org. March 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard Authorizations: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1981. p. 22.
- ^ "Coast Guard Cutter Design" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Tulich, Eugene N. (January 26, 2012). "The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict". USCG Historian's Office. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "The U.S. Coast Guard in Grenada". www.navalhistory.org. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau to be decommissioned Tuesday". coastguardnews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
Morgenthau was the first U.S. Coast Guard cutter to deploy to the Persian Gulf. Participating in Operation Vigilant Sentinel,
- ^ "Guardians of the Gulf: A History of Coast Guard Combat Operations in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2002-2004" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Coast Guard Seizes 43,000 Pounds of Cocaine". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Next Navy ship to be named after Corregidor hero". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "USCG transfers decommissioned cutter to Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "President commissions U.S. Coast Guard Cutter given to Sri Lanka Navy as SLNS Gajabahu". ColomboPage. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Martin, Guy (8 May 2014). "Nigeria receives ex-US Coast Guard cutter Gallatin". defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ MarEx (25 May 2017). "U.S. Delivers Patrol Boats, Cutter to Vietnam". Maritime Executive. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ ‘Somudra Avijan’ handed over to Bangladesh Navy Archived July 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sri Lanka Navy takes delivery of Ex-USCGC Douglas Munro". 26 October 2021.
- ^ Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (4 June 2013). "Former Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Transferred to Growing Bangladesh Navy". defensemedianetwork.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Alcoast 249/20 - Jun 2020 Uscgc John Midgett (Whec 726) 48 Years of Service".
- ^ "Bon Voyage, CSB 8021". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamilton class cutters.
- 378-foot (115 m) High Endurance Cutter Fact Sheet
- GlobalSecurity.org overview
- Next Navy ship to be named after Corregidor hero
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