USCGC James
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USCGC James (WMSL-754) is the fifth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.
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James arriving in Boston for her commissioning August 8, 2015. | |
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Name | James |
Namesake | Joshua James |
Awarded | September 9, 2011 |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S. |
Cost | $482.8 Million |
Laid down | May 17, 2013 |
Launched | May 3, 2014 |
Sponsored by | Charlene Benoit |
Christened | August 16, 2014 |
Acquired | June 15, 2015[1] |
Commissioned | August 8, 2015[2] |
Homeport | Charleston, South Carolina |
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Status | In service |
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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 |
Complement | 111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[3] |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV |
Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
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