USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909)

Fleet Week 2010

 

USCGC Campbell (WMEC-909) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter based at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine and is the 5th Coast Guard Cutter to bear the name. She regularly patrols the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Maine to the Caribbean Sea. USCGC Campbell is the only Coast Guard ship to suffer a helicopter crash on deck.

 

Name: USCGC Cambell

Builder: Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island

Homeport: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine

Fate: Active

Status: in active service, as of 2010

 

General characteristics

Class and type: Famous-class cutter

Displacement: 1,800 long tons (1,829 t)

Length: 270 ft (82 m)

Beam: 38 ft (12 m)

Draught: 14.5 ft (4.4 m)

Propulsion: Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines

Speed: 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)

Range: 9,900 nmi (18,300 km)

Boats and landing

craft carried:

• 1 × Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Interceptor

• 1 × RHI with twin 90 HP outboard engines

Complement: 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted)

Electronic warfare

and decoys: MK 92 Fire Control Radar

SPS-73 Surface Search Radar

Armament:

• 1 × Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun

• 2 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns

Aircraft carried: HH-65 Dolphin

HH-60 Jayhawk

MH-68 Stingray

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