USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753)

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USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753)
USCGC Hamilton ( WMSL-753 ).jpg
History
United States
NamesakeAlexander Hamilton
OrderedNovember 2010
BuilderHuntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid downSeptember 5, 2012
LaunchedAugust 10, 2013
Sponsored byLinda Kapral Papp
ChristenedOctober 26, 2013
CommissionedDecember 6, 2014
Identification
StatusIn service
BadgeUSCGC Hamilton Crest.jpg
General characteristics
Class and typeLegend-class cutter
Displacement4500 LT
Length418 ft (127 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Height140 ft (43 m)
Draft22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks4
PropulsionCombined diesel and gas
Speed28+ knots
Range12,000 nm
Endurance60 days
Complement111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • EADS 3D TRS-16 AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
  • SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SLQ-32
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • 2 SRBOC/ 2 x NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament
  • 1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System
  • 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
  • 4 × .50 caliber machine guns
  • 2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
ArmorBallistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV
Aviation facilities50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft

USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) is the fourth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is the fifth cutter named after Alexander Hamilton, who was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and in that position requested the formation of the United States Coast Guard (as the United States Revenue Cutter Service).

Construction began in September 2011 by Northrop Grumman's Ship System Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The keel was laid on September 5, 2012. The cutter's sponsor is Linda Kapral Papp, the wife of Coast Guard Commandant Robert J. Papp, Jr.[2]

Hamilton was floated on 10 August 2013. The ceremonial ship launching (christening) was on 26 October 2013.[3] She was delivered to the Coast Guard in September 2014. The cutter is homeported in the City of North Charleston, SC, at the old Charleston Naval Base

In January 2020 the Hamilton became the first NSC to participate in a Navy Composite Training Unit Exercise, for 3 weeks the cutter integrated with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Carrier Strike Group 10. After operating with the Carrier Strike Group the cutter patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South. The cutter returned in April after the 80-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean during which she captured three drug smuggling vessels, including two narco-subs, and 8 suspected drug smugglers. After the patrol she offloaded $324 million worth of cocaine and marijuana.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Security Cutter: Program Profile". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates the Keel of U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter HAMILTON (WMSL 753)". Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  3. ^ "Coast Guard Christens 4th National Security Cutter". military.com. October 28, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returns home after 80-day patrol". www.southcom.mil/. Retrieved 5 May 2020.


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