USCGC Mustang (WPB-1310)
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Career (United States of America) |
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Builder: |
Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Inc. |
Launched: |
September 1986 |
Homeport: |
Seward, Alaska |
Status: |
In service as of 2011 |
General characteristics |
Class and type: | Island-class cutter |
Displacement: | 154 tons full load |
Length: | 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m) |
Beam: | 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m) |
Speed: | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) |
Range: | 1,900 nautical miles (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) |
Complement: | 2 officers, 16 enlisted, |
Armament: | One MK 38/25 mm machine gun, two .50-caliber machine guns |
The USCGC Mustang (WPB-1310), (named after Mustang Island off the coast of Texas), is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is stationed in Seward, Alaska, at the top of the Gulf of Alaska. Mustang is one of seven Island-class patrol boats in Alaska. Her primary objective is maritime safety, though she is a multiple-role ship.
References
http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcmustang/