Cutter USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751)

Classification

Ship class:

Legend-class cutter

Type:

Patrol boat

Basic information

Namesake:

Russell Randolph Waesche, Sr. (6 January 1886 – 17 October 1946) served as the eighth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1936 to 1946, overseeing the service during World War II.

Operator:

United States Coast Guard

Country of build:

United States

Builder:

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Laid down:

11 September 2006

Launched:

12 July 2008

Commissioned (service):

7 May 2010

Status:

Active

MMSI number:

338850000

Ship measurements

Displacement:

4,400 t

Length:

127 m

Beam (waterline):

16 m

Draft:

6.9 m

Machine

Propulsion:

CODAG
2 * 7,400 kW (9,900 hp) MTU 20V 1163 diesels
1 * 22 MW (30,000 hp) LM2500 gas turbine engine
Bow thruster

Speed:

28 knots

Range:

12,000 nm

Personnel

Complement:

113

Total capacity:

167

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:

To facilitate intercept missions, the Legend class can carry and launch both the Short Range Prosecutor (7-meter) and the Long Range Interceptor rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) (11-meter).

Armor:

Ballistic protection for main gun

Electronics:

EADS 3D TRS-16 AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
AN/SLQ-32(V)2
AN/UPX-29A IFF
AN/URN-25 TACAN
MK 46 Mod 1 Optical Sighting System (WMSL 750 — 753)
MK 20 Mod 0 Electro-Optical Sighting System (WMSL 754 — 758)
Furuno X and S-band radars
Components of the Lockheed Martin COMBATSS-21 combat management system
Link-11 communication system
AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
2 * SRBOC/ 2 * NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launchers

Armament:

1 * MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System
1 * 20 mm Block 1B Baseline 2 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
4 * crew-served .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns
2 * crew-served M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
Designed for but not with additional weapons and sensors

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