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US Coast Guard vessel
USCGC
Alert
(WMEC-630)
|
History
|
United States
|
Builder
| United States Coast Guard Yard
, Curtis Bay, Maryland
|
Laid down
| 5 January 1968
|
Commissioned
| 4 August 1969
|
Homeport
| Port Canaveral
,
Florida
|
Identification
| |
Motto
| Rescue, Enforce, Defend
|
Status
| In active service
|
General characteristics
|
Displacement
| 759 tons
|
Length
| 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m)
|
Beam
| 34 ft (10 m)
|
Draught
| 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max
|
Propulsion
| 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines
|
Speed
| max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range
|
Range
| cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range
|
Complement
| 12 officers, 63 enlisted
|
Sensors and
processing systems
| 2 x AN/SPS-78
|
Armament
| |
Aircraft carried
| HH-65 Dolphin
|
USCGC
Alert
(WMEC-630)
is a
United States Coast Guard
medium endurance cutter
and is the last 210-foot (64 m) medium endurance cutter constructed. The keel was laid on 5 January 1968 at the
United States Coast Guard Yard
at
Curtis Bay, Maryland
, and she was commissioned on
Coast Guard Day
, 4 August 1969.
Alert
derives her name from the early 19th century revenue cutter
USRC
Alert
, which served in the early days of the
Revenue Cutter Service
.
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