USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910)
 USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) | |
| Career (USCG) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USCGC Thetis |
| Namesake: | Thetis |
| Builder: | Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Rhode Island |
| Laid down: | August 24, 1984 |
| Launched: | April 29, 1986 |
| Commissioned: | June 30, 1989 |
| Homeport: | Key West, Florida |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Famous-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 1,800 long tons (1,829 t) |
| Length: | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range: | 9,900 nautical miles (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) |
| Boats & 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 & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 (receive only) |
| Armament: |
• 1 × Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun • 2 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: |
HH-65 Dolphin HH-60 Jayhawk MH-68 Stingray |
USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) is a United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter. She is the 10th ship of the Famous Class cutters designed and built for the U.S. Coast Guard and the 3rd vessel to bear the name.[1] Laid down August 24, 1984 by Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. She was launched April 29, 1986 and named for the Greek goddess Thetis, the mother of Achilles. She was commissioned on June 30, 1989. Thetis conducts patrols throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Her homeport is Key West, Florida[1]
Her duties include drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, alien migration and interdiction operations, search and rescue and military readiness. Patrols last anywhere from 4 to 9 weeks.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "USCGC THETIS (WMEC 910)". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
External links
Media related to USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) at Wikimedia Commons
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