USCGC Decisive (WMEC-629) was a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Decisive's keel was laid on 12 May 1967, at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. Decisive was launched 14 December 1967, and commissioned 23 August 1968. Following its commissioning in 1968, the ship was homeported in New Castle, New Hampshire. The cutter moved homeports several times during its tenure, including St. Petersburg, Florida and Pascagoula, Mississippi before its final assignment to Pensacola, Florida. It was decommissioned on 2 March 2023.[1]
 USCGC Decisive (WMEC-629)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Builder | United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Commissioned | August 23, 1968 |
| Decommissioned | March 2, 2023 |
| Homeport | Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Dedicated to Duty |
| Status | Inactive |
| Badge | _Logo.jpg){kind=logo} |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Reliance Class |
| Type | Medium Endurance Cutter |
| Displacement | 1100 tons |
| Length | 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) max |
| Propulsion | 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines |
| Speed | max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range |
| Range | cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range |
| Complement | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | 2 x AN/SPS-64 |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | HH-65 Dolphin |
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service. United States Government.
- ^ "USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service" (Press release). Washington DC: Defense Media Activity. United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
External links
edit- Decisive home page as of 1 June 2023
- Decisive page at U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MS-20, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, Pascagoula Naval Station, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS", 13 photos, 7 color transparencies, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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