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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

COAST GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

BEAR cutters (1983 - 1990)

Bear 2010

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
WMEC901 Bear   Tacoma Boatbuilding 23.8.1979 25.9.1980 4.2.1983 in service (2019)
WMEC902 Tampa   Tacoma Boatbuilding 2.4.1980 19.3.1981 16.3.1984 in service (2019)
WMEC903 Harriet Lane   Tacoma Boatbuilding 15.10.1980 6.2.1982 20.9.1984 in service (2019)
WMEC904 Northland   Tacoma Boatbuilding 9.4.1981 7.5.1982 17.12.1984 in service (2019)
WMEC905 Spencer (ex-Seneca)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 26.6.1982 16.6.1984 28.6.1986 in service (2019)
WMEC906 Seneca (ex-Pickering)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 16.9.1982 16.6.1984 4.5.1987 in service (2019)
WMEC907 Escanaba   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 1.4.1983 24.8.1985 27.8.1987 in service (2019)
WMEC908 Tahoma (ex-Legare)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 28.6.1983 24.8.1985 6.4.1988 in service (2019)
WMEC909 Campbell (ex-Argus)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 10.8.1984 30.8.1986 19.8.1988 in service (2019)
WMEC910 Thetis (ex-Tahoma)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 24.8.1984 30.8.1986 30.6.1989 in service (2019)
WMEC911 Forward (ex-Erie)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 11.7.1986 18.8.1987 4.8.1990 in service (2019)
WMEC912 Legare (ex-McCulloch)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 11.7.1986 18.8.1987 4.8.1990 in service (2019)
WMEC913 Mohawk (ex-Ewing)   Robert E. Derecktor, Middletown 18.6.1987 18.5.1988 20.3.1990 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1200

Displacement full, t

1780

Length, m

77.7 wl 82.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

4.11

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Alco Model 18V-251E diesels

Power, h. p.

7200

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

10250(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (HH-65)

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v)1, SPS-64(v)6, Mk 92 radars, SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

Complement

116

Project history: These 270ft medium endurance cutters were originally designed to replace the 'Secretary' class high endurance units built before the Second World War. As in the case of the Reliance class, very large numbers were planned but not built. they lack any on-board ASW sensor or weapon, but their helicopter pad is large enough to accommodate at wartime LAMPS III helicopter and they have space and weight for a SQR-18A towed array. They also have space and weight reserved for possible wartime installations of one Phalanx CIWS, eight Harpoon SSMs in quadruple canisters and four light weapons (12.7mm MGs or 40mm grenade launchers) on spare positions. FY88 Congress paid for an experimental conversion of one ship to emergency ASW platform, with an SQR-18 towed array, LAMPS data link, and SQR-17 helicopter/array processor. WMEC907 ran trials with a LAMPS III helicopter during 1988.

Modernizations: 2005-2015, all: - SPS-64(v)1 radar; + SPS-73 radar, SCCS CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

 

Escanaba 2002

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