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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 Polar-class icebreaker. The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC.
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) was a United States Coast Guard high endurance cutter and the lead ship of its class.It was based at Boston, Massachusetts from commissioning until 1991, then out of San Pedro, California before it was moved to its last home port in San Diego, California.
USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) is the fourth Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC), of the United States Coast Guard.She is the fifth cutter named after Founding Father 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).
The Hamilton-class cutter is a contemporary design. These vessels are also known as Secretary- or Hero-class cutters. They are currently being replaced by newer Legend-class cutters. The Owasco-class cutter was a World War II design, the last was retired in the 1970s. The Casco-class cutter was a pre-World War II design, the last was retired in ...
The contract to build the cutter, dubbed the Munro, is worth $487 million to Newport News, Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries will build a sixth National Security Cutter (NSC) for the U.S ...
USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) was the third United States Coast Guard Hamilton-class high endurance cutter constructed. The 2,748-ton cutter’s ocean crossing range was 10,000 miles at 20 knots. Mellon was laid down on 25 July 1966 at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana.
USCGC Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34) was a Treasury-class cutter.She was named after Founding Father and the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. [1] Sunk after an attack by a German U-boat in January 1942, the Hamilton was the U.S. Coast Guard's first loss of World War II.
Chase is the fourth of twelve Hamilton class, 378-foot (115 m) cutters, and the third cutter named in honor of Salmon Portland Chase. She was decommissioned on March 29, 2011, and transferred to the Nigerian Navy as an excess defense article under the Foreign Assistance Act as NNS Thunder (F90). [2] [3]