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USCGC Alert (WMEC 127)

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Commissioned
  
27 January 1927

Status
  
Museum ship

Length
  
38 m

Displacement
  
210,500 kg

Beam
  
7.16 m

Decommissioned
  
10 January 1969

Launched
  
30 November 1926

Weight
  
235.7 tons

Draft
  
2.29 m

Builder
  
Camden

Class and type
  
Active-class patrol boat

Propulsion
  
2 x 6-cylinder, 300 hp engines

Speed
  
Maximum 13 knots, 1945 Cruise 8.0 knots

USCGC Alert (WMEC-127) was a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter and was the fourth cutter to carry the name. The vessel was launched on 30 November 1926, commissioned 27 January 1927 and decommissioned 10 January 1969, later to be converted into a museum ship.

References

USCGC Alert (WMEC-127) Wikipedia


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