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The Treasury-class cutter was a group of seven high endurance cutters launched by the United States Coast Guard between 1936 and 1937. The class were called the "Treasury class" because they were each named for former Secretaries of the Treasury. These ships were also collectively known as the "327's" as they were all 327 feet (100 m) in length ...
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.
The Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sledge (WLIC-75303), a 75-foot construction tender homeported in Baltimore. USCGC Anvil (WLIC-75301) USCGC Hammer (WLIC-75302) USCGC Sledge (WLIC-75303) USCGC Mallet (WLIC-75304) USCGC Vise (WLIC-75305) USCGC Clamp (WLIC-75306) USCGC Wedge (WLIC-75307) USCGC Spike (WLIC-75308) USCGC Hatchet (WLIC-75309)
The US Coast Guard's predecessor, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service designated cutters and craft based on classes. From approximately 1890 through to the formation of the US Coast Guard in 1915, the largest cutters were considered "First" class, coastal cutters and large tugs "Second" class, and small tugs and cutters "Third" class.
The Treasury-class Coast Guard cutters (sometimes referred to as the "Secretary" or 327-foot class) were all named for former Secretaries of the Treasury Department. The cutter Duane was named for William J. Duane, who served as the third Secretary of the Treasury to serve under President Andrew Jackson.
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.
USCGC Campbell (WPG-32) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-class (also known as Treasury-class) United States Coast Guard ship built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1935-1936 and commissioned in 1936. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Campbell was named for George Washington Campbell.
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards is competing for a contract to build 11 Coast Guard cutters, which could bring new jobs to the Houma-Thibodaux area