USCGC James (WMSL-754)

USCGC James (WMSL-754)
James arriving in Boston for her commissioning August 8, 2015.
History
United States
Name: James
Namesake: Joshua James
Awarded: 9 September 2011
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Cost: $482.8 Million
Laid down: 17 May 2013
Launched: 3 May 2014
Sponsored by: Charlene Benoit
Christened: 16 August 2014
Commissioned: August 8, 2015[1]
Homeport: Charleston, South Carolina
Status: Accepted June 15, 2015[2]
General characteristics
Displacement: 4500 LT
Length: 418 ft (127 m)
Beam: 54 ft (16 m)
Height: 140 ft (43 m)
Draft: 22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks: 4
Propulsion: Combined diesel and gas
Speed: 28+ knots
Range: 12,000 nm
Endurance: 60 days
Crew: 111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 X and S band radar, 3D air search radar, AN/SPQ-9 radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • 2 SRBOC/ 2 NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament:
Aircraft carried: (2) MCH, or (4) VUAV or (1) MCH and (2) VUAV

USCGC James (WMSL-754) is the fifth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.

Etymology

USCGC James is named for Joshua James (1826–1902), an American sea captain and a U.S. Life-Saving Service station keeper credited with saving over 600 lives.[3]

History

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi was awarded the $482.8 Million construction contract September 9, 2011.[4] Construction officially began May 14, 2012 with the ceremony marking the cutting of the first 100 tons of steel.[5] The keel was laid on May 17, 2013.[6] The cutter's sponsor is James' great great niece, Charlene Benoit. She is the great grand daughter of Joshua James', brother Samuel James.[7]

James was launched on May 3, 2014. She was christened August 16, 2014 and was commissioned in Boston on August 8, 2015.[1][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Robertson, PO2 Jennifer (August 8, 2015). "Coast Guard Cutter James enters the fleet".
  2. ↑ "Coast Guard formally accepts fifth national security cutter". Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Coast Guard cutter to be named for Joshua James". US Coast Guard. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $482.8 Million Contract to Build Fifth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter". Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  5. ↑ "Acquisition Update: Fabrication Starts for U.S. Coast Guard’s Fifth National Security Cutter". US Coast Guard Acquisition. 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  6. ↑ "Acquisition Update: Keel Authenticated for the Fifth National Security Cutter". US Coast Guard Acquisition. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  7. ↑ "Keel Authenticated for Ingalls Shipbuilding's Fifth National Security Cutter". Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Commissioning in August for Coast Guard Cutter James". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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