U.S. Coast Guard Eyes Expanded Operations in Western Pacific

USNI News ^ | August 16, 2019 2:02 PM | Dzirhan Mahadzir

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Midgett_(WMSL-757)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Midgett.

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 was constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding Division in Pascagoula Mississippi and delivered to the Coast Guard in April 2019.[6][7] It is named in honor of all members of the Midgett family who have served in the U.S. Coast Guard, United States Life-Saving Service, and/or other predecessor life-saving services.[8] Seven members of the Midgett family have been awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal including John Allen Midgett Jr. and Rasmus Midgett.[9]

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_John_Midgett_(WHEC-726)

NAMESAKE:

Midgett is the third ship in her class (HERO) to be named for outstanding Coast Guardsmen. Her namesake, the late Chief Warrant Officer John Allen “BOSN/Bosun” Midgett, Jr. was born in 1876 in Rodanthe, North Carolina, and served for nearly forty years with the United States Life-Saving Service and the Coast Guard. He was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the country’s highest award for saving a life, for his heroic rescue of thirty six crewmen from the torpedoed British tanker Mirlo in 1918. Bos’n Midgett and his lifeboat crew rescued the entire crew, despite rough seas and flames from the tanker’s cargo of refined oil and gasoline.

The Midgett family (earlier spelled Midgette and Midyett) has lived along the coast of Virginia and the Outer Banks of North Carolina for nearly three centuries, and has a long tradition in maritime service. John Allen “Bos’n” Midgett, Jr. was one of seven Midgett family members to have been awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal. More than 150 living members of the Midgett family have made the Coast Guard a career, including more than thirty who are still on active duty.

[mabarker1]

{with a 3” deck gun and 20mm CIWS.
Maybe a little over-kill for a Coast Guard Cutter?}

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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: {Built in 10 Months!!!}
22 November 2017
Sponsored by:
Jazania H. O’Neal[2]
Christened:
09 December 2017[3]
Identification:
MMSI number: 303868000
Callsign: NCJM
Motto:
“A Legacy of Bravery”[4]
Status:
Special Commission
Badge:
USCGC MIDGETT (WMSL 757)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USCGC_MIDGETT_(WMSL_757)_Crest.jpg

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:
1 x Mk-110 57mm Naval Gun System (variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun)
1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
4 × .50 caliber machine guns
2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
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[5]

[Psalm 73]

Like I said, reads more like a light frigate than a CG cutter.

[mabarker1]

I’m not that familiar with the different types of Ships. I do know a lot of other stuff though so I probably need to do a bit of edEumakayshun on some new subjects.

Thank You.