USCGC Rush (WHEC-723)
![]() USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) | |
Career (United States) | ![]() |
---|---|
Name: | USCGC Rush |
Namesake: | Richard Rush |
Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
Cost: | $20 million |
Launched: | 16 November 1968 |
Homeport: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Motto: | "Kia'i Kai No Ka Oi" |
Status: | Decommissioned 3 February 2015 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3,250 tons |
Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion: | CODOG plant: 2 Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines 2 Pratt and Whitney gas turbines |
Speed: | 29 knots |
Range: | 14,000 miles |
Endurance: | 45 days |
Boats and landing craft carried: | 2 Over-the-Horizon type |
Complement: | 167 personnel |
Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar |
Armament: | Otobreda 76 mm, Phalanx CIWS |
USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) was a U.S. Coast Guard high endurance Hamilton-class cutter that before being decommissioned was based out of Honolulu, Hawaii.
As all Hamilton-class cutters, the Rush was constructed at Avondale Shipyard near New Orleans, Louisiana and launched November 16, 1968, she was the fifth Coast Guard Cutter to be named after Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush, the nation's eighth Secretary of Treasury.
Decommissioning
On February 3, 2015, the United States Coast Guard officially decommissioned the Rush with a ceremony held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bangladesh Navy
The Coast Guard is working with the State Department to transfer the Rush to the Bangladesh Navy as part of a Foreign Military Sale through the Foreign Assistance Act. The transfer of the ship is expected to be completed in 2015.
The Rush will be the Bangladesh Navy's second Hamilton-class cutter acquisition. The Bangladesh Navy's first Hamilton-class cutter acquired was the USCGC Jarvis (WHEC-725) given to Bangladesh in 2013. The Jarvis is now named the BNS SOMUDRO JOY (F-28). The Bangladesh Navy designates these former Hamilton-class cutters as a "patrol frigate."
Awards
USCGC Rush has earned numerous awards in her storied history. Many of the Ship's awards were earned for heroic participation in the Vietnam War, as part of Operation Market Time. Awards listed were current to May 2014.[1]
![]() | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
1st Row | Coast Guard Commendation Medal | ||
---|---|---|---|
2ndRow | Combat Action Ribbon | Presidential Unit Citation w/ Hurricane Katrina clasp | Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award |
3rd Row | Coast Guard Unit Commendation w/ Operational Distinguishing Device and four stars | Navy Unit Commendation | Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ Operational Distinguishing Device and six stars |
4th Row | Coast Guard E Ribbon w/ seven stars | Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation | National Defense Service Medal w/ service star |
5th Row | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | Vietnam Service Medal | Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |
6th Row | Humanitarian Service Medal | Special Operations Service Ribbon | Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon |
7th Row | Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation | Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation | Vietnam Campaign Medal |
Notes
- ↑ Medals and Awards Manual, p. 2-5 to 19-1
References
United States Coast Guard. (2008). Medals and Awards Manual: COMDTINST M1650.25D. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office.
External links
Media related to USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) at Wikimedia Commons
|