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US Hamilton class



Coast Guards

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Coast Guards Hamilton class



Frigates size vessels, the Halmitons US Coast Guards cutters are also known as the Secretary class because they are named after Secretaries of the Treasury. In the 1980s, they replaced their original 127mm gun during their Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. They have a telescopic hangar.



Derivatives / Succeeded by
2008 US National Security Cutter
2011 RP FF Gregorio del Pilar



  Specifications


167crew
3250full load (tn)
115length (m)
13beam (m)
4.60draught (m)
14000range (nm)
29max speed (knots)

2Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG

2Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm
1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

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US USCG SNIA HH-65 Dolphin 01
US USCG Sikorsky S-70 H-60 01
US USCG Sikorsky HH-52A Sea Guard 01
NG Nigerian Navy Westland Lynx mk89 01







  Shipyards


US Avondale Shipyard - 12



  List of Ships


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19672011USUSCGWHEC-715USCGC Hamilton
2011-- Gregorio del Pilar RP Philippine Navy PF-15 BRP Gregorio del Pilar
19672012USUSCGWHEC-716USCGC Dallas
2013-- Gregorio del Pilar RP Philippine Navy PF-16 BRP Ramon Alcaraz
19672020USUSCGWHEC-717USCGC Mellon
19682011USUSCGWHEC-718USCGC Chase
2012-- NG Nigerian Navy F90 NNS Thunder
19682016USUSCGWHEC-719USCGC BoutwellNRLD
2016-- RP Philippine Navy PS-17 BRP Andrés Bonifacio
19682018USUSCGWHEC-720USCGC Sherman
2019-- LK Sri Lanka Navy P626 SLNS Gajabahu
19682014USUSCGWHEC-721USCGC Gallatin
2014-- NG Nigerian Navy F93 NNS Okpabana
19692017USUSCGWHEC-722USCGC Morgenthau
2017-- VN Vietnam Coast Guard CSB 8020
19692015USUSCGWHEC-723USCGC RushNRMC
2016-- BD Bangladesh Navy F 29 BNS Somudra Avijan
19712021USUSCGWHEC-724USCGC Munro
19712013USUSCGWHEC-725USCGC JarvisNAQD
2013-- BD Bangladesh Navy F 28 BNS Somudra Joy
19722020USUSCGWHEC-726USCGC MidgettNHWR
2021-- VN Vietnam Coast Guard CSB 8021
2008--USUSCGWMSL-750National Security Cutter USCGC Bertholf
2010--USUSCGWMSL-751National Security Cutter USCGC Waesche
2012--USUSCGWMSL-752National Security Cutter USCGC Stratton
2014--USUSCGWMSL-753National Security Cutter USCGC Hamilton
2015--USUSCGWMSL-754National Security Cutter USCGC James
2017--USUSCGWMSL-755National Security Cutter USCGC MunroNMUN
2019--USUSCGWMSL-756National Security Cutter USCGC KimballNKIM
2019--USUSCGWMSL-757National Security Cutter USCGC MidgettNCJM
2020--USUSCGWMSL-758National Security Cutter USCGC Stone

21 units



  Events


1965-jan-04Laid downLaid down US WHEC-715 USCGC Hamilton
1965-dec-18LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-715 USCGC Hamilton
1966-feb-07Laid downLaid down US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas
1966-jul-25Laid downLaid down US WHEC-717 USCGC Mellon
1966-oct-01LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas
1966-oct-15Laid downLaid down US WHEC-718 USCGC Chase
1966-dec-12Laid downLaid down US WHEC-719 USCGC Boutwell
1967-feb-11LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-717 USCGC Mellon
1967-feb-13Laid downLaid down US WHEC-720 USCGC Sherman
1967-feb-20CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-715 USCGC Hamilton
1967-apr-17Laid downLaid down US WHEC-721 USCGC Gallatin
1967-may-20LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-718 USCGC Chase
1967-jun-17LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-719 USCGC Boutwell
1967-jun-17Laid downLaid down US WHEC-722 USCGC Morgenthau
1967-sep-23LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-720 USCGC Sherman
1967-oct-01CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas
1967-oct-23Laid downLaid down US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush
1967-nov-18LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-721 USCGC Gallatin
1967-dec-22CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-717 USCGC Mellon
1968-feb-10LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-722 USCGC Morgenthau
1968-mar-01CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-718 USCGC Chase
1968-jun-14CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-719 USCGC Boutwell
1968-aug-23CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-720 USCGC Sherman
1968-nov-16LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush
1968-dec-20CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-721 USCGC Gallatin
1969-feb-14CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-722 USCGC Morgenthau
1969-jul-03CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush
1970-feb-18Laid downLaid down US WHEC-724 USCGC Munro
1970-sep-09Laid downLaid down US WHEC-725 USCGC Jarvis
1970-nov-22DeploymentDeployment US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush On the night of November 22nd, 1970, RUSH was part of a U.S. Naval force tasked with the capturing of a North Vietnamese supply trawler delivering weapons. The trawler tried to flee and then attacked the US Navy Minesweeper ENDURANCE, at which time the RUSH assisted along with three other U.S. warships in the eventual sinking of the trawler
1970-dec-05LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-724 USCGC Munro
1971-apr-05Laid downLaid down US WHEC-726 USCGC Midgett
1971-apr-24LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-725 USCGC Jarvis
1971-sep-04LaunchedLaunched US WHEC-726 USCGC Midgett
1971-sep-10CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-724 USCGC Munro
1971-dec-30CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-725 USCGC Jarvis
1972-mar-17CommissionedCommissioned US WHEC-726 USCGC Midgett
1982 US WHEC-721 USCGC Gallatin ran aground
1982-sepDeploymentDeployment US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas Carribean Sea with HH-52 1400
1987-janAircraftAircraft US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush HH-52A 1442 accident
1989-julRefitRefit US WHEC-718 USCGC Chase modernized to mar1991
1992-marRefitRefit US WHEC-725 USCGC Jarvis mar1991 to dec1992 modernized
1994-junAircraftAircraft US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas on board HH-65A 6513
1999-oct-09DeploymentDeployment US WHEC-719 USCGC Boutwell San Francisco Fleet Week 1999 Present for Fleet Week 1999.
2011-mar-28DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-715 USCGC Hamilton
2011-may-13Fate: transferedFate: transfered US WHEC-718 USCGC Chase transferred from USCG to Nigerian Navy
2011-dec-14Fate: transferedFate: transfered US WHEC-715 USCGC Hamilton to Philippine Navy
2012-janCommissionedCommissioned NG F90 NNS Thunder
2012-jan-04HomeportHomeport NG F90 NNS Thunder arrived from California at Apapa Naval Base
2012-mar-30DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas
2012-mar-30Fate: transferedFate: transfered US WHEC-716 USCGC Dallas to Philippine Navy
2012-mar-30DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-725 USCGC Jarvis
2013-oct-03Port VisitPort Visit NG F90 NNS Thunder International Fleet Review Sydney 2013 Present at 100th anniversary of the RAN Fleet Review
2013-dec-23CommissionedCommissioned BD F 28 BNS Somudra Joy
2014-mar-31DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-721 USCGC Gallatin
2014-may-07CommissionedCommissioned NG F93 NNS Okpabana
2015-feb-03DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-723 USCGC Rush
2016-mar-16DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-719 USCGC Boutwell
2016-mar-19CommissionedCommissioned BD F 29 BNS Somudra Avijan
2016-apr-12DeploymentDeployment BD F 29 BNS Somudra Avijan Exercise Komodo 2016 participated in MNEK 2016
2016-jul-21CommissionedCommissioned RP PS-17 BRP Andrés Bonifacio
2017-apr-18DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-722 USCGC Morgenthau
2017-may-27CommissionedCommissioned VN CSB 8020
2018-mar-29DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-720 USCGC Sherman
2019-may-14Port VisitPort Visit RP PS-17 BRP Andrés Bonifacio IMDEX Asia 2019 attended IMDEX Asia 2019.
2019-jun-06CommissionedCommissioned LK P626 SLNS Gajabahu
2020DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-726 USCGC Midgett
2020-aug-20DecommissionedDecommissioned US WHEC-717 USCGC Mellon









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