USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720)
The designation of High endurance cutter (WHEC) was created in 1965 when the United States Coast Guard adopted its own designation system. High endurance cutters encompass the largest cutters previously designated by the United States Navy as gunboats, destroyer escorts, and seaplane tenders.[1] The term High Endurance Cutter may refer to any of five individual ship classes that have seen service in the Coast Guard.
USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) is a United States Coast Guard Hamilton-class high endurance cutter based out of Honolulu, Hawaii beginning in 2015.
Sherman was laid down January 25, 1967 at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana and launched September 3, 1968. She was named for John Sherman, the 32nd United States Secretary of the Treasury and author of the Sherman Antitrust Act.[1]
Sherman was involved in search and rescue efforts following the sinking of F/V Big Valley near Saint Paul Island, Alaska, on January 15, 2005.[2]
On March 17, 2007 Sherman stopped the Panamanian motor vessel Gatun about 20 miles off a Panamanian island. Gatun was loaded with 20 tons of cocaine with an estimated retail street value of $600 million. The seizure was the largest drug bust in US history and the largest interdiction at sea.
General characteristics
Type: High endurance cutter
Displacement: 3,250 metric tons
Length: 378 ft (115 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13 m)
Draft: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:
CODOG system
2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines generating 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) and 2 × Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines producing 36,000 hp (27,000 kW)
Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi)
Endurance: 45 days
Complement: 167
Sensors and
processing systems:
AN/SPS-40E Air Search Radar AN/SPS-78 Surface Search Radar AN/WLR-1H Electronic Support Surveillance Equipment
MK92 Fire Control
Electronic warfare & decoys: 2x Mk-36 SRBOC
Armament: Otobreda 76 mm cannon
2 × 25 mm Mk38
20 mm Phalanx CIWS
6 x .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried: HH-60 J Hawk, HH-65 Dolphin go ship to ship as needed
Aviation facilities:
2x Mk-36 SRBOC Infrared Decoy Systems
Otobreda 76 mm
Phalanx CIWS
Otobreda 76 mm and Phalanx CIWS Live Fire
2 × 25 mm Mk38
6 x .50 caliber machine guns
Operators
United States Coast Guard
Philippine Navy
Nigerian Navy
Bangladesh Navy
Vietnam Vietnam Coast Guard
New : Sri Lanka Navy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class_cutter
https://defpost.com/u-s-coast-guard-decommissions-hamilton-class-cutter-uscgc-sherman/
Current Sri Lanka Navy Ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lanka_Navy_equipment
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