USCGC William Hart

William Hart moored in Honolulu
History
United States
Name	USCGC William Hart
Namesake	William C. Hart
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana[1]
Launched	March 30, 2017
Acquired	May 23, 2019[1]
Commissioned	September 26, 2019[2]
Homeport	Honolulu, Hawaii
Identification	MMSI number: 338926434 Callsign: NBNB Hull number: WPC-1134
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sentinel-class cutter
Displacement	353 long tons (359 t)
Length	46.8 m (154 ft)
Beam	7.6 m (25 ft)
Depth	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 4,300 kW (5,800 shp) 1 × 75 kW (101 shp) bow thruster
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance	5 days
Boats & landing craft carried	1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB
Complement	4 officers, 20 crew [2]
Sensors and processing systems	L-3 C4ISR suite
Armament	1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm automatic gun 4 × crew-served Browning M2 machine guns

USCGC William Hart (WPC-1134) is the 34th Sentinel-class cutter built for the United States Coast Guard. She is the third of three Fast Response Cutters homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[3]

Operational history

William Hart was commissioned on September 26, 2019, by Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday after arriving in Honolulu after a 140-day pre-commissioning deployment from Key West, Florida. A celebration was held on September 26, 2019, to celebrate the commissioning.^[2]

In 2020, she participated in Operation Kuru Kuru for 36 days to deter Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) around American Samoa. This would be the first unsupported FRC patrol in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), with her patrolling four EEZs in Oceania.^[2]

In June 2021, she completed her first Command Assessment of Readiness for Training and Tailored Ship's Training Availability with a 96% score.^[2]

In September 2021, she took part in the rescue of a 67-year-old man from the S/V Epic after it was lost at sea for nine days.^[2]

Between October and November 2021, she completed a second unsupported IUU patrol in Oceania for another 36 days.^[2]

Between January and February 2023, she partook in Operation Aiga, which was another 42-day IUU patrol.^[4]

Namesake

She is named for William C. Hart, a sailor of the Coast Guard who earned the Gold Lifesaving Medal when he jumped off CG-213, which he was commanding, to save a member from the Thomas Tracy who had fallen overboard during a storm.^[5]

References

1. "Bollinger Delivers the 34th Fast Response Cutter, USCGC William Hart to the U.S. Coast Guard". Bollinger Shipyards. 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
2. "Unit Fact Sheet - CGC WILLIAM HART_Jul2022.pdf" (PDF). pacificarea.uscg.mil. July 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
3. "U.S. Coast Guard Commissions Fast Response Cutter William Hart in Honolulu". defensemedianetwork.com. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
4. "Coast Guard cutter completes Operation Aiga '23". news.uscg.mil. February 27, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
5. Eng, Sherri (September 27, 2024). "U.S. Coast Guard Commissions William Hart in Honolulu". Retrieved September 11, 2024.