USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616)
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 USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616) |
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| Career (USCG) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Todd Shipyards, Houston, Texas |
| Acquired: | 20 July 1963[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1964 |
| Homeport: | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 759 tons |
| Length: | 210 ft 6 in (64.2 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) max |
| Propulsion: | 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines |
| Speed: | max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range |
| Range: | cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 x AN/SPS-64 |
| Armament: | 1 x Mk 38 25mm machine gun 2 x M2HB .50 caliber machine gun |
| Aircraft carried: | HH-65 Dolphin |
USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter.
[edit] The Diligence
The CGC Diligence moors up right in the heart of downtown Wilmington and is the 6th US Coast Guard Cutter to bear that name and be homeported in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Diligence is capable of preforming any of the missions that white hulled Coast Guard Cutters traditionally perform; ranging from alien migrant interdiction operations (AMIO) and drug interdiction missions down in the Caribbean, or fisheries protection of the Atlantic seaboard, or search and rescue anywhere in between. The Diligence has a history of being crewed by some of the best officers in the Coast Guard and is often referred to as the "RC Cutter" at the US Coast Guard Academy, because the Regimental Commander has been assigned to Diligence upon graduation several times.
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