Ute 1980
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| WMEC76 | Ute | United Engineering, Alameda | 27.2.1942 | 24.6.1942 | 13.12.1942 // 20.3.1981 | for disposal 5.1988 | |
| WMEC85 | Lipan | United Engineering, Alameda | 30.5.1942 | 17.9.1942 | 29.4.1943 // 30.9.1980 | for disposal 3.1988 | |
| WMEC150 | Avoyel | Charleston SB & Drydock | 25.3.1944 | 9.8.1944 | 8.1.1945 // 1968 | sold 9.1969 | |
| WMEC153 | Chilula | Charleston SB & Drydock | 1.12.1944 | 5.4.1945 // 1968 | for disposal 6.1991 | ||
| WMEC165 | Cherokee | Bethlehem SB, Staten Island | 10.11.1939 | 26.4.1940 // 1968 | for disposal 1.1990 | ||
| WMEC166 | Tamaroa (ex-Zuni) | Commercial Iron Wks, Portland | 9.10.1943 // 1968 | preserved 2.1994 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1217 |
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Displacement full, t |
1731 |
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Length, m |
59.4 pp 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.7 |
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Draught, m |
5.18 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
4 General Electric 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
3000 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.2 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 315 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
15000(8) |
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Armament |
WMEC150, 153, 165, 166: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22 WMEC76, 85: none |
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Electronic equipment |
2x SPS-64 radars |
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Complement |
71 |
Project history: Former USN fleet tugs of Cherokee and Navajo (WMEC153) classes. Four ships were transferred to USCG from Navy in 1946-1956 as tugs and redesignated as cutters in 1968, two more were transferred in 1980-1981.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Tamaroa 1979
Chilula 1988
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