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Cutters have been used for record-breaking attempts and crews have achieved record times for sculling the English Channel (2 h 42 min) in 1996 and for sculling non-stop from London to Paris (4 days 15 min) in 1999.
As of July 2022: 5 cutters ordered; 10 more optioned; 25 cutters total in program of record. USCGC Argus (WMSM-915) USCGC Chase (WMSM-916) USCGC Ingham (WMSM-917) USCGC Rush (WMSM-918) USCGC Pickering (WMSM-919) USCGC Icarus (WMSM-920) USCGC Active (WMSM-921) USCGC Diligence (WMSM-922) USCGC Alert (WMSM-923) USCGC Vigilant (WMSM-924)
The Heritage-class cutter, also known as the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Maritime Security Cutter, Medium, is a cutter class of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program and built by Eastern Shipbuilding [4] and Austal USA. [5] Construction of the first vessel in the class began in ...
8 Officers. 40 Enlisted. Armament. 2 x .50 caliber machine guns. 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 .
83-foot patrol boat: Builders: Wheeler Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York: Operators United States Coast Guard: Preceded by: 400-series patrol boat: Succeeded by: Cape-class and Point-class cutters: Completed: 230: Preserved: 2: General characteristics ; Class and type: Patrol boat: Displacement: 76 tons fully loaded: Length: 83 ft (25 m) Beam: 16 ft ...
Hangar and helipad. USCGC Argus (WMSM-915) is the lead ship of the Heritage-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and a part of the OPC (Offshore Patrol Cutter) Ship Type. She is the second ship to be named after Argus Panoptes, the first being USRC Argus, a Revenue Cutter Service ship which was decommissioned and sold in 1804.
USCGC. Valiant. USCGC Valiant (WMEC-621) is a United States Coast Guard multi-mission medium endurance cutter in service since 1967. Valiant is home ported in Jacksonville, Florida and operates in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico for the Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area. Missions include search and rescue, maritime law ...
United States Coast Guard Cutter. USCGC Harriet Lane, a Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. They are 65 feet (19.8 m) or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. [1] [2] They carry the ship prefix USCGC .
Cutter: Displacement: 353 long tons (359 t) Length: 46.8 m (154 ft) Beam: 8.11 m (26.6 ft) Depth: 2.9 m (9.5 ft) Propulsion: 2 × 4,300 kW (5,800 shp) MTU diesel engines; 1 × 75 kW (101 shp) bow thruster; Speed: 28+ knots: Endurance: 5 days, 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year; Boats ...
1 × Mk 38 25 mm chain gun. 2 × M2 .50-cal MG. BOWS. Aircraft carried. None. USCGC Chincoteague (WPB-1320) is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. The third Coast Guard vessel to bear the name, Chincoteague was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana. She was commissioned on 8 August 1988.