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<blockquote data-quote="hancok" data-source="post: 23459654" data-attributes="member: 119642"><p style="text-align: center">[YOUTUBE]InmaTtdQbSY[/YOUTUBE]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px">USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720)</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/USCGC_Sherman_WHEC-720_Vietnam_War.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><img src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/USCGC-Sherman-WHEC-720.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m53Uv01tTZA/UgxlaWXEF0I/AAAAAAAAAh0/aa-f7pH3b9g/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Hamilton+class+Overview+WHEC-719.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/6d/48/d16d489f3378ab8e4d0e80645762c1a9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="font-size: 18px">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) is a United States Coast Guard <span style="color: blue">Hamilton-class high endurance cutter</span> based out of Honolulu, Hawaii beginning in 2015.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">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]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">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]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue">General characteristics</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Type: High endurance cutter</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Displacement: 3,250 metric tons</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Length: 378 ft (115 m)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Beam: 43 ft (13 m)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Draft: 15 ft (4.6 m)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Propulsion: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">CODOG system</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">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)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Endurance: 45 days</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Complement: 167</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Sensors and </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">processing systems: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">AN/SPS-40E Air Search Radar AN/SPS-78 Surface Search Radar AN/WLR-1H Electronic Support Surveillance Equipment</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">MK92 Fire Control</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Electronic warfare & decoys: 2x Mk-36 SRBOC</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Armament: Otobreda 76 mm cannon</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"> 2 × 25 mm Mk38</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"> 20 mm Phalanx CIWS</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"> 6 x .50 caliber machine guns</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Aircraft carried: HH-60 J Hawk, HH-65 Dolphin go ship to ship as needed</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Aviation facilities: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 22px">2x Mk-36 SRBOC Infrared Decoy Systems</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/usanavy/mk36.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">[YOUTUBE]y6mclrugYWc[/YOUTUBE]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><span style="font-size: 22px">Otobreda 76 mm</span></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nansen-oto75mm-2006-07-03.jpg/1200px-Nansen-oto75mm-2006-07-03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Blue">Phalanx CIWS</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4SOIP79m0Uw/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 18px">Otobreda 76 mm and Phalanx CIWS Live Fire</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[YOUTUBE]iv44dh9KxoQ[/YOUTUBE]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: blue"> 2 × 25 mm Mk38</span></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/weapons/mk38-25mm-gun/2014/02/mk-38-gun-001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: blue">6 x .50 caliber machine guns</span></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/USCG-M2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">Operators</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">United States Coast Guard</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">Philippine Navy</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">Nigerian Navy</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">Bangladesh Navy</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px">Vietnam Vietnam Coast Guard</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: Purple"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Red">New : Sri Lanka Navy <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class_cutter" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class_cutter</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://defpost.com/u-s-coast-guard-decommissions-hamilton-class-cutter-uscgc-sherman/" target="_blank">https://defpost.com/u-s-coast-guard-decommissions-hamilton-class-cutter-uscgc-sherman/</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Current Sri Lanka Navy Ships</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lanka_Navy_equipment" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lanka_Navy_equipment</a></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/szbr5e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hancok, post: 23459654, member: 119642"] [CENTER][YOUTUBE]InmaTtdQbSY[/YOUTUBE] [SIZE="7"] USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/USCGC_Sherman_WHEC-720_Vietnam_War.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/USCGC-Sherman-WHEC-720.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m53Uv01tTZA/UgxlaWXEF0I/AAAAAAAAAh0/aa-f7pH3b9g/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Hamilton+class+Overview+WHEC-719.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/6d/48/d16d489f3378ab8e4d0e80645762c1a9.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER][SIZE="7"] [SIZE="5"]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.[/SIZE] [/SIZE] [SIZE="5"]USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) is a United States Coast Guard [COLOR="blue"]Hamilton-class high endurance cutter[/COLOR] 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. [COLOR="blue"]General characteristics[/COLOR] 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: [COLOR="blue"][SIZE="6"] 2x Mk-36 SRBOC Infrared Decoy Systems[/SIZE][/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/usanavy/mk36.jpg[/IMG] [YOUTUBE]y6mclrugYWc[/YOUTUBE] [/SIZE] [COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="6"]Otobreda 76 mm[/SIZE][/COLOR] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nansen-oto75mm-2006-07-03.jpg/1200px-Nansen-oto75mm-2006-07-03.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE="6"][COLOR="Blue"]Phalanx CIWS[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4SOIP79m0Uw/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG] [CENTER][COLOR="Purple"][SIZE="5"]Otobreda 76 mm and Phalanx CIWS Live Fire[/SIZE][/COLOR] [YOUTUBE]iv44dh9KxoQ[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER] [SIZE="6"][COLOR="blue"] 2 × 25 mm Mk38[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/weapons/mk38-25mm-gun/2014/02/mk-38-gun-001.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE="6"][COLOR="blue"]6 x .50 caliber machine guns[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]https://i2.wp.com/www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/USCG-M2.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR="Purple"][SIZE="6"]Operators United States Coast Guard Philippine Navy Nigerian Navy Bangladesh Navy Vietnam Vietnam Coast Guard [COLOR="Red"]New : Sri Lanka Navy :cool: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class_cutter[/url] [url]https://defpost.com/u-s-coast-guard-decommissions-hamilton-class-cutter-uscgc-sherman/[/url] [SIZE="5"] Current Sri Lanka Navy Ships [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lanka_Navy_equipment[/url][/SIZE] [CENTER][IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/szbr5e.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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