Legend-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard
USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759)
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History |
United States |
Name | Calhoun |
Namesake | Charles L. Calhoun |
Awarded | 21 December 2018 |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cost | $499.76 million[1] |
Laid down | 23 July 2021 |
Launched | 2 April 2022 |
Sponsored by | Christina Calhoun Zubowicz |
Christened | 4 June 2022 |
Commissioned | 20 April 2024 |
Homeport | North Charleston, South Carolina |
Identification | Pennant number: WMSL-759 |
Motto | "Never Give Up"[2] |
Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
Displacement | 4,500 long tons (4,600 t) |
Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
Endurance | 60 to 90-day patrol cycles |
Complement | 120 |
Sensors and processing systems |
- AN/SPS-75 air search radar
- SPQ-9B fire control radar
- AN/SPS-79 surface search radar
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
- AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system
- 2 x Mk-36 SRBOC/ 2 x Mk-53 NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
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Armament | |
Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x sUAS[3] |
USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759) is the tenth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.[4] She is the first ship to be named after 1st Master Chief Petty Officer Charles L. Calhoun.
Development and design
All of Legend-class cutters were constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries and were part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program.[5] They are of the high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrades to make it more of an asset to the Department of Defense during declared national emergency contingencies.[6] The cutters are armed mainly to take on lightly-armed hostiles in low-threat environments.
Construction and career
Calhoun and her sister ship Friedman were ordered on 21 December 2018. On 12 November 2019, 100 tons of her steel had been cut.[7] As of July 2021, she was more than halfway through her construction schedule. After the planned ceremony was delayed in 2020, her keel was formally authenticated on 23 July 2021.[8][9] Calhoun was launched on 2 April 2022 and christened on 4 June 2022.[10][11] Ingalls Shipbuilding announced on August 2, 2023 that Calhoun completed its acceptance sea trials.[12] The Calhoun was delivered to Coast Guard Base Charleston and commissioned on April 20, 2024. [13]
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