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`UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

378' High-Endurance Cutter (WHEC)-

Hamilton-class

Number in service Coast Guard-wide: 12

Length: 378 feet

Beam: 43 feet

Displacement: 3,250 tons

Power Plant: Two diesel engines/two gas turbine engines

Maximum Range: 14,000 miles

Maximum Speed: 29 knots

Armament: One Mark 75 76-mm gun (anti-air capable)

Two 25-mm machine guns

One 20-mm Phalanx, Close-in weapons system (CIWS)

Primary Missions: Law Enforcement, Defense Operations, Search & Rescue

Typical Crew: 167 Personnel (19 Officers, 148 Enlisted)

Background: The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter class are the largest cutters, aside from the two Polar Class Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard. 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. Highly versatile and capable of performing a variety of missions, these cutters operate throughout the world's oceans.



110-Foot Island-Class Patrol Boat (WPB)

Number in service throughout the Coast Guard: 49

Length: 110 feet

Beam: 21 feet

Displacement: 154 tons

Maximum Range: 3,300 miles

Maximum Speed: 26+ knots

Power plant: two diesel engines

Armament: One 25-mm and two M-2 .50 machine guns

Primary Missions: Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Defense Operations

Typical Crew: 16 Personnel (2 Officers, 14 Enlisted)

Background: 110-foot Island-class Patrol Boats are a Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed patrol boat. With excellent range and seakeeping capabilities, the Island Class, all named after U.S. islands, replaced the older 95-foot Cape-class patrol boats. These cutters concentrate on law enforcement -mainly drug and illegal alien interdiction duties. They are also involved in Port Security, Search & Rescue and Defense Readiness operations. Built in the late 1980s

they are equipped with advanced electronics and navigation equipment.



HH-65A DOLPHIN

Specifications

Maximum Gross Weight: 9,200 lbs

Empty Mission Weight: 6,092 lbs

Maximum Range: 400 NM

Fuel Capacity: 291 gallons

Overall Length: 38 ft.

Cargo Sling Capacity: 2000 lbs

Overall Height:: 13 ft.

Rescue Hoist Capacity: 600 lbs

Rotor Diameter: 39 ft.

Maximum Speed: 165 knots

Cruising Speed: 120 knots

Max Endurance: 3.5 hours





Powerplants: Two Lycoming LTS-101-750B-2 engines rated at 742 Shaft HP each

Total number in service throughout the Coast Guard: 96

Primary Mission: Short range recovery (SRR) helicopter twin-engine.

Replaced aging HH-52A fleet.

Background: The United States Coast Guard has added 96 short range HH-65A helicopters to its fleet to replace the HH-52A Sikorsky Sea Guard.The twin-engine Dolphins

operate up to 150 miles off shore and will fly comfortably at 120 knots for three hours. Though normally stationed ashore, the Dolphins can be carried on board medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters. They assist in the missions of search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties, including drug interdiction, polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection including pollution control, and military

readiness. Helicopters stationed aboard icebreakers are the ship's eyes to find thinner and more navigable ice channels. They also airlift supplies to ships and to villages isolated by winter.

The HH-65A minimum equipment requirements exceed anything previously packaged into one helicopter weighing in at less than 10,000 pounds. HH-65As are made of corrosion-resistant, composite-structure materials. The shrouded tail rotor is unique to the Dolphin. Also a unique feature of the Dolphin is its computerized flight management system which integrates state-of-the-art communications and navigation equipment. This system provides automatic flight control. At the pilot's

direction, the system will bring the aircraft to a stable hover 50 feet above a selected object. This is an important safety feature in darkness or inclement weather. Selected search patterns can be flown automatically, freeing the pilot and copilot to concentrate on sighting the search object.





POC: UNITED STATES COAST GUARD PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE



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