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Resolute appears in the second chapter of the Dale Brown novel Hammerheads where, fictitiously up-armed with (1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun, as well as her normal complement of 6 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns), [3] the ship becomes involved in a gun-battle with a heavily armed freighter used by a Colombian cartel to smuggle cocaine into the United States.
The Medium Endurance Cutter or WMEC is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter mainly consisting of the 270-foot (82 m) Famous- and 210-foot (64 m) Reliance-class cutters. These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). [ 1 ]
USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) is the seventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Kimball is named for Sumner Increase Kimball, who was the organizer of the United States Life-Saving Service and the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service from 1878–1915.
The mission of the Coast Guard Reserve is stated in the Reserve Policy Statement issued in 2018: Serving as the Coast Guard's only dedicated surge force the Reserve Component is a contingency-based workforce, trained locally and deployed globally to provide appropriately trained personnel to meet mission requirements within the prioritized focus areas of Defense Operations, Ports, Waterways ...
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker.Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington along with sister ship, USCGC Polar Sea.
Commandant of the Coast Guard: Appointer: Commandant of the Coast Guard: Term length: 4 years: Formation: 27 August 1969; 54 years ago () First holder: Charles L. Calhoun: Deputy: Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard: Salary: $9,786.00 per month, regardless of the incumbent's service longevity [1] Website: uscg.mil/MCPOCG
Oliver Henry was a Coast Guardsman who served from 1940 to 1966 in the United States Coast Guard. When Henry started serving in the Coast Guard, the United States Armed Forces were still racially segregated so he served as a mess steward, an all black rating. He was the first black to transfer from the mess steward rating.
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities.