USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751)

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Career (USCG)

Ordered:	January 2001
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down:	September 11, 2006
Motto:	N/A
Fate:	building
General characteristics
Displacement:	4300 LT
Length:	418 ft (127 m)
Propulsion:	Combined Diesel and Gas
Speed:	28+ knots
Range:	12,000 nm
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
Armament:	57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System Close-In Weapons System SRBOC/NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Aircraft carried:	(2) MCH, or (4) VUAV or (1) MCH and (2) VUAV

USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751) is the planned name of the second Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Waesche is named for Coast Guard Admiral Russell R. Waesche (1886 – 1946). Waesche graduated from the United States Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction in 1906, was commissioned an ensign, and then served with distinction in a succession of diverse and increasingly responsible Coast Guard assignments at sea and ashore.[1]. He served as Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1936 to 1945 during a tumultuous and eventful period in the life of the service, and was the first member of the Coast Guard to achieve the rank of 4-star Admiral.[2]

Construction began in 2006 by Northrop Grumman's Ship System Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.