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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

COAST GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

CLOVER cutters (1942-1943/1979-1983)

Clover 1980

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
WMEC292 Clover   Marine Iron & SB, Duluth 3.12.1941 25.4.1942 8.11.1942 // 6.1979 deleted 6.1990
WMEC295 Evergreen   Marine Iron & SB, Duluth 15.4.1942 3.7.1942 30.4.1943 // 5.1983 deleted 6.1990
WMEC300 Citrus   Marine Iron & SB, Duluth 29.4.1942 15.8.1942 3.4.1943 // 2.1980 deleted 9.1994, to Dominican Republic (C456 Almirante Juan Alejandro Acosta)

 

Displacement standard, t

935

Displacement full, t

1025

Length, m

54.9

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

14000-16000(7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 40/17 Mk 19 grenade launchers

Electronic equipment

2x SPS-64(v)1 radars

Complement

52

Project history: Former USCG Balsam class 180ft seagoing buoy tenders, converted to cutters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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