USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757)

USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757)
History
United States
Name: USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757)
Awarded: 31 March 2015
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost: $499.76 Million[1]
Laid down: 30 January 2017
Launched: 22 November 2017
Sponsored by: Jazania H. O’Neal[2]
Christened: 09 December 2017[3]
Motto: "Brave, Earnest, Honest"
Status: Under Construction
Badge:
General characteristics
Displacement: 4500 LT
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
Range: 12,000 nm
Endurance: 60 to 90-day patrol cycles
Complement: 148
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
  • SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPS-79 Surface Search Radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • 2 x Mk-36 SRBOC/ 2 x Mk-53 NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
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[4]

USCGC Midgett (WMSL-757) is the eighth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard and will be stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cutter is being constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding Division and is scheduled for delivery to the Coast Guard in 2019.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Production Awarded For Eighth National Security Cutter" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Christening of Midgett (WMSL 757) - Ship's Sponsor". huntingtoningalls.com. Huntington Ingalls. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Coast Guard Christens Eighth National Security Cutter". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Coast Guard Selects Small UAS For NSC" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Eighth National Security Cutter Launched". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 27 August 2018.


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