USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913)

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Career (USCG)
USCGC MOHAWK (WMEC-913)
Builder:	Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island
Laid down:
Launched:	September 9, 1989
Commissioned:	March 1991
Status:	Active
Homeport:	Key West, Florida
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,800 tons
Length:	270 ft (82 m)
Beam:	38 ft (11.6 m)
Draught:	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion:	Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines
Speed:	19.5 knots
Range:	9,900 miles
Endurance:	14-21 days
Boats and landing craft carried:	(1) Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Interceptor (1) RHI with twin 90 HP outboard engines
Complement:	100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems:	MK 92 Fire Control Radar SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 (receive only)
Armament:	1 Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 x .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun
Aircraft carried:	HH-65 Dolphin HH-60 Jayhawk MH-68 Stingray
Motto:	Lifesaver – Enforcer – Defender
Nickname:	"Mighty Mo"

USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was launched September 9, 1989 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island and commissioned March 1991. She is the third cutter named for the Mohawk nation, an Algonquin tribe of Iroquoian Indians who lived in the Mohawk Valley of New York.

1 History
2 Active Cutter
- 2.1 Resources
- 2.2 External links

[edit] History

The original MOHAWK (1902-1917), a first class, 205-foot, steel revenue cruiser was built in Richmond, Virginia, and commissioned on May 10th, 1904. She was used primarily as a training ship. In October of 1917 she was struck by another vessel and sank of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

The second MOHAWK (1935-1948), a 165-foot, “A” class cutter, was built in Wilmington, Delaware and commissioned on January 19th, 1935. She served primarily as an escort and ice patrol ship in the north Atlantic. On January 8th, 1948, MOHAWK was decommissioned and was used as a pilot boat on the Delaware River for more than 30 years. She has since been converted into a floating museum located in Wilmington, Delaware.

[edit] Active Cutter

The third and current MOHAWK is the thirteenth and last of the 270-foot “Famous” class cutters. Built by the former Robert E. Derecktor Shipyards of Rhode Island, MOHAWK was christened on September 9th, 1989. Since the time of her commissioning in March of 1991, she has served the Coast Guard in a wide variety of missions including Search and Rescue, Maritime Law Enforcement, and Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations. MOHAWK has been responsible for the rescue of more than 5,000 Haitian, Cuban, and Dominican Republic migrants and has supported as many as 756 migrants on deck at one time. MOHAWK has also seized more than 20,700 pounds of illegal drugs. This, as well as MOHAWK’s role in several search and rescue cases and numerous boardings to enforce our nation’s laws, has earned MOHAWK two Unit Commendations, the Joint Meritorious Service Award and two Humanitarian Service Awards. MOHAWK is homeported in Key West, Florida.

[edit] Resources

A HDTV documentary called A Day in the Life of the Mohawk shows the Famous class cutter patrolling the United States south coastal region in February and March of 1999.