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Uscg High Endurance CutterThe High Endurance Cutter is the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard, aside from the Polar Ice Breakers. The pennant number is prefixed WHEC. They are powered by diesel engines and gas turbines, and have controllable-pitch propellers. Equipped with a helicopter flight deck, retractable hangar, and the facilities to support helicopter deployment, these 12 cutters were introduced to the Coast Guard inventory in the 1960s. Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the Fleet Renovation and Modernization (FRAM) program. The first of the class was the Hamilton (WHEC-715) commissioned in 1967. The primary mission of these vessels is enforcement of laws and treaties and search and rescue (SAR) on the high seas, including the U.S. exclusive economic zone. Specifications - Number in service Coast Guard-wide: 12
- Length: 378 feet (115 meters)
- Beam: 43 feet
- Displacement: 3,250 tons
- Power Plant: Two diesel engines/two gas turbine engines
- Commissioned: 1967-1972
Secretary Class High Endurance Cutters by homeport - USCGC Boutwell, WHEC-719
- USCGC Morgenthau, WHEC-722
- USCGC Munro, WHEC-724
- USCGC Sherman, WHEC-720
- USCGC Chase, WHEC-718
- USCGC Hamilton, WHEC-715
- USCGC Jarvis, WHEC-725
- USCGC Rush, WHEC-723
- USCGC Dallas, WHEC-716
- USCGC Gallatin WHEC-721
- USCGC Mellon, WHEC-717
- USCGC Midgett, WHEC-726
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