USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Alexander Hamilton |
| Ordered | November 2010 |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | September 5, 2012 |
| Launched | August 10, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Linda Kapral Papp |
| Christened | October 26, 2013 |
| Commissioned | December 6, 2014 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
| Displacement | 4500 LT |
| Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Height | 140 ft (43 m) |
| Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
| Speed | 28+ knots |
| Range | 12,000 nm |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Complement | 111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
| Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV |
| Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) is the fourth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is the fifth cutter named after Alexander Hamilton, who was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and in that position requested the formation of the United States Coast Guard (as the United States Revenue Cutter Service).
Construction began in September 2011 by Northrop Grumman's Ship System Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The keel was laid on September 5, 2012. The cutter's sponsor is Linda Kapral Papp, the wife of Coast Guard Commandant Robert J. Papp, Jr.[2]
Hamilton was floated on 10 August 2013. The ceremonial ship launching (christening) was on 26 October 2013.[3] She was delivered to the Coast Guard in September 2014. The cutter is homeported in the City of North Charleston, SC, at the old Charleston Naval Base
In January 2020 the Hamilton became the first NSC to participate in a Navy Composite Training Unit Exercise, for 3 weeks the cutter integrated with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Carrier Strike Group 10. After operating with the Carrier Strike Group the cutter patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South. The cutter returned in April after the 80-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean during which she captured three drug smuggling vessels, including two narco-subs, and 8 suspected drug smugglers. After the patrol she offloaded $324 million worth of cocaine and marijuana.[4]
Notable Interdictions
- December 15, 2016 - Cutter Hamilton offloaded 26.5 tons of cocaine estimated at a worth of US$715 million after conducting interdiction operations beside the Royal Canadian Navy since October 1 of the same year.[5]
- August 27, 2020 - Cutter Hamilton offloaded 11,500 pounds of cocaine and 17,000 pounds of marijuana estimated at an estimated worth of $228 million after a patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean alongside Coast Guard Cutter Resolute and the USS Shamal.[6]
- November 24, 2021- Cutter Hamilton offloaded 26,250 pounds of cocaine and 3,700 estimated at a worth of US$504 million. During the deployment they also intercepted 199 Haitian migrants.[7]
See also
- USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750)
- USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751)
- USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752)
- USCGC James (WMSL-754)
- USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715)
- Integrated Deepwater System Program
- USS Alexander Hamilton
References
- ^ "National Security Cutter: Program Profile". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates the Keel of U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter HAMILTON (WMSL 753)". Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ "Coast Guard Christens 4th National Security Cutter". military.com. October 28, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
- ^ "Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returns home after 80-day patrol". www.southcom.mil/. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Coast Guard offloads 26.5 tons of cocaine seized in Eastern Pacific Drug Transit". U.S. Southern Command. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Rivera, Ray. "Charleston based Coast Guard cutter offloads $228 million in cocaine, marijuana". www.live5news.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Staff, Seapower (2021-11-29). "USCGC Hamilton Returns Home after 72-day Patrol, Drug Offload". Seapower. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
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