USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908) is a United States Coast Guardmedium endurance cutter. Her keel was laid on June 28, 1983 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island. She was delivered August 12, 1987 and commissioned April 6, 1988. She is the third cutter to bear the name Tahoma, which is the Northwest Pacific Indian word that refers to the Cascade Range mountain peak now known as Mount Rainier. Her nickname, Mighty T, was selected because it was the nickname of her predecessor, Tahoma (WPG-80), during World War II.[1]
On 13 January 2010, the Tahoma was ordered to assist in the humanitarian relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[2]
During the afternoon of 16 January 2010 a boy was born on board to a Haitian woman while Tahoma was transporting wounded survivors from Port-au-Prince to the still-functional medical facilities of Cap-Haïtien, to the north.[3]
The Tahoma rescued almost 100 Haitian refugees from this dangerously overcrowded smuggling craft.[4]
In March 2018 the Tahoma intercepted 201 Haitian undocumented immigrants, in Bahamanian waters.[4][5]
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David J. Neal (2018-03-14). "Coast Guard repatriates 201 migrants by sea to Haiti". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15. A total of 201 Haitians were returned to Haiti Wednesday by the U.S. Coast Guard, the agency said, after two overloaded boats were intercepted near the Bahamas.
