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	WHEC 378' Hamilton class
		The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter class are the largest cutters, aside from the two Polar Class Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard.
		The High Endurance class cutters were designed for a variety of missions, including long range search and rescue (SAR), oceanographic research, law enforcement and defense operations.
		The cutters are equipped with a retractable hangar capable of housing one HH-65 helicopter and protecting it from the harsh maritime environment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/whec-378.htm (1688 words)

	Encyclopedia: United States Coast Guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USCG photo of USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) The High Endurance Cutter is the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard, aside from the Polar Ice Breakers.
		USCG Coastal Buoy Tender Joshua Appleby WLM-556 USCG Coastal Buoy Tender Katherine Walker WLM-552 The United States Coast Guard is commissioning a new class of coastal buoy tenders.
		USCG Long Range Interceptor (LRI): 11-metre high-speed launch that can be launched from the rear ramps of the larger Deepwater cutters.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-States-Coast-Guard (10194 words)

	Small Boats and Cutters
		Meeting high standards for small boats, various sizes of the Boston Whaler, from 13 foot to 27 foot are used for law enforcement and SAR.
		The 270 foot medium endurance cutter Harriet Lane is one of the "famous" class cutters that currently operates from Coast Guard Support Center Portsmouth, VA. She is seen her with an HH-60 J "Jayhawk" helo and is used in offshore SAR and law enforcement.
		The high endurance cutter Hamiliton was built in 1965 and was the first of the "Hamiliton" or "Hero" class, named after Coast Guard heroes and earlier cutters of the same name.
	www.dirauxwest.org /auxclipart/boatscutters.htm (1023 words)

	ipedia.com: United States Coast Guard Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cutters and small boats are used on the water and fixed and rotary wing (helicopters) aircraft are used in the air.
		Revenue Marine cutters were involved in the Quasi-War with France from 1798 to 1799, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War.
		The USCGC Taney, a notable World War II era High Endurance Cutter, is the only ship still afloat today that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
	www.ipedia.com /united_states_coast_guard.html (4051 words)

	USCG Cutters Screen Saver V.1
		USCG Cutter Boutwell Flame shoots from the muzzle of a 25mm cannon.
		USCG Cutter William Tate (WLM 560), a 175 foot buoy tender.
		USCG Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) underway in the Bering Sea Alaska.
	www.carorama.com /screensavers/uscgcutterv1.html (723 words)

	History for USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722)
		The MORGENTHAU is the eighth of a class of new 378-foot high endurance cutters, and along with her sister ship's at Governors Island, the DALLAS and GALLATIN, greatly' enhances the Coast Guard's ability to carry out its duties in maritime safety, law enforcement, and military readiness.
		The new Cutter is the first Coast Guard unit to bear the name "MORGENTHAU," and is the eighth in the 378' Class.
		The MORGENTHAU is an extremely versatile cutter, capable of performing with a high degree of efficiency, operational Missions as a scientific, military, and search and rescue vessel.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,400367\|704404,00.html (812 words)

	INCSR, MARCH 1996: OTHER USG ASSISTANCE PROVIDED: United States Coast Guard
		Once a year, a Coast Guard medium endurance cutter, equipped with a helicopter and normally accompanied by a Coast Guard patrol boat, conducts LE training with several nations in the Eastern Caribbean as Operation TRADEWINDS.
		Through these operations, communication between the USCG and the Mexican Navy has significantly improved to such a level that arrangements are being pursued for a Mexican naval officer to be assigned as a liaison officer to USCG command centers in Los Angeles, CA and New Orleans, LA.
		USCG personnel are permanently stationed in several American Embassies located in source and transit countries.
	www.hri.org /docs/USSD-INCSR/95/OtherUSG/USCG.html (989 words)

	Articles - United States Coast Guard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Coast Guard cutters and ships partially manned by Coast Guardsmen were used in the North African invasion of November 1942 Operation Torch) and the invasion of Sicily in 1943 (Operation Husky).
		The USCGC Taney, a notable World War II era High Endurance Cutter, is the only warship still afloat today that was present for the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, although she was actually stationed in nearby Honolulu.
		Some of the reason for this lack of coverage is the relatively high cost of building storm-proof buildings on coastal property; the Cape Hatteras station was abandoned in 2005 after winter storms wiped out the 12-foot sand dune serving as its protection from the ocean.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/United_States_Coast_Guard (6291 words)

	How Detachment ECHO got its LSSC (and LCPL) to SEA FLOAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The cutter towed the “Blackpower” [LCPL] and the “Blackpower” towed the LSSC.
		I boarded the cutter for a "council of war" on finding the LSSC, [and] then [found out I] couldn't jump back down to the pitching PL. I finally just lay down by the rail in the rain and continued my experiments into whether it was possible to die of seasickness.
		The USCG cutter HAMILTON was torpedoed by a U-boat and lost in World War 2.
	www.mst2-vietnam.info /How.htm (2375 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Coast Guard cutters Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Alameda, Calif., and Walnut, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Honolulu, began heading home today after completing their missions in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
		Both cutters conducted a wide range of missions while serving in the Gulf, including maritime force protection, coastal and terminal security, and maritime interception and marine environmental response.
		On May 9, 2003, at 10 a.m., USCG Cutter Bear will be hosting her 20th anniversary celebration at ISC Portsmouth, Va. Bear was commissioned on February 4, 1983, as the first of thirteen 270-foot medium endurance cutters and has served as a premier drug interdiction and search and rescue asset ever since.
	www.militarywives.com /ezine/2003/may/coastguardnews.html (367 words)

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		Picture depicts a 378 Foot High Endurance USCG Cutter escorting a freighter which is transporting USCG Patrol Boats which along with Coast Guard personnel will be operating in support of US Armed forces in the War on Iraq.
		The 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis was sailing toward the Explorer, which was about 690 miles north of Midway...
		The USCG under times of war is attached to the USN.
	seethechief.50megs.com /custom4.html (849 words)

	7th District Public Information Site
		Cutter Key Biscayne is a 110-foot patrol boat from St. Petersburg, Fla.
		Cutter Escanaba is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter from Boston.
		Cutter Gallatin is a 378-foot high endurance cutter from Charleston, S.C. Click for infra-red camera picture of migrants on sail freighter #1 (high res)
	www.d8publicaffairs.com /go/doc/586/26805 (207 words)

	SRCSGT \| 70 \| BACKLIT KEYBOARD \| 01-May-03 - FBO#0518
		The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has a requirement for a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of 260 Backlit Keyboards over a 3-year period (a base period and 2 one-year options).
		The base period is from contract award through 9/30/2003 with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 125.
		The USCG is looking to replace the Sun USB Type 6 Keyboards on the bridge of each USCG High Endurance Cutter (WHEC)-378, USCG Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)-210, WMEC-270, and USCG Patrol Boat (WPB)-110 class of vessels with a red LED backlit keyboard.
	www.fbodaily.com /archive/2003/05-May/01-May-2003/FBO-00313943.htm (1262 words)

	Coastal Group 16
		As could be imagined, tensions were running high in the aftermath of the this tragedy, with the expectations that the Viet Cong would try some follow-up actions.
		Overnight on January 18, a small VNN force comprised of Destroyer Escort Tran-Khanh-Du (HQ-4), ex-USS Forster, DER-334, and the Patrol Cruiser Tran-Binh-Trong (HQ-5), ex-USCG High Endurance Cutter, was dispatched from the Da Nang area under the overall command of Captain Ha-Van-Ngac.
		Patrol Craft Nhat-Tao (HQ-10), which was proceeding to Da Nang for repair of one of her engines, was also diverted to join the small flotilla of VNN ships that was converging on the Paracels.
	www.pcf45.com /cosgrp16/cosgrp16.html (2397 words)

	CUTTERS & CRAFT
		Capron, Walter C. "The Cutters Harriet Lane." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1966), pp.
		Shipwreck of the Mesquite: Death of a Coast Guard Cutter.
		Hunnewell, Frederick A. "United States Coast Guard Cutters." Advance copy of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Engineers, 13-14 Nov 1937.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/CUTTERBIB.html (10858 words)

	United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Department
		Home-ported at Coast Guard Island-Alameda, the 378-foot High Endurance Cutter Sherman teemed with children, their parents and siblings, about 220 people in all.
		Coackley explained how the right side of boats came to be called “starboard”, ruminating about the ancient mariners’ method of steering their ships using oars on one side of the ship.
		Still, there are other reasons why they would spend their off-duty time aboard a cutter swarming with children and their families.
	www.auxpa.org /releases/community/reward1104.html (640 words)

	New Page 1
		This type is known as an 82 foot cutter.
		Usually stationed at a friendly port or can be re-supplied at sea for an extended time by larger High Endurance cutters.
		These types of cutters can go on extended missions away from any home port.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~isordo/uscoastguardinvietnam.htm (441 words)

	14th District Public Information Site
		The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Honolulu, recently set out to sea and headed for Asia.
		There is a strange mix of feelings running through the crew: distinct sadness at leaving families and home, excitement at the prospect of seeing new places, and the pure rush that comes along with not knowing what the high seas have in store for you.
		I learned how to calculate the position of the ship using lines of position shot from the sun, how to give commands to the helmsman to keep the cutter on course and that there really are good reasons to keep your belongings secured.
	www.piersystem.com /go/doc/800/72025 (854 words)

	US Coast Guard Academy-Academy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Coast Guard cutter Barque Eagle arrived in New London Sept. 3 from its four-month summer training cruise at 10 a.m.
		The Eagle’s new commanding officer, Capt. Eric Shaw, assumed command of the Eagle on Aug. 2 in a ceremony held in one of America’s oldest seaports at Norfolk, Va. Capt.
		His previous sea tours include command of the 270-foot medium endurance cutter Legare out of Portsmouth, Va., a tour as executive officer of the cutter Northland in Portsmouth, Va., as operations officer aboard the cutter Seneca in Boston and as combat information/anti-submarine officer aboard the high-endurance cutter Jarvis out of Honolulu.
	www.cga.edu /newsstoriesread3428.htm (235 words)

	PacArea News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, homeported in Seattle, will return home from a six week training patrol off the coast of Southern California at 10 a.m.
		Mellon took part in the Tailored Ships Training Availability a biennial event consisting of navigation, shipboard firefighting, flooding, engineering, deck seamanship and weapons systems training.
		The 378-foot high endurance cutter's primary missions are counter-drug patrols off the coast of South America, fisheries enforcement in the Bering Sea, patrols in support of National Security Policy, and search and rescue.
	www.uscgpacificarea.com /go/doc/833/84271 (159 words)

	U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Homeports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		However, more and more often, the cutters are appearing on tactical frequencies assigned to the DEA, US Customs Service, and to USCG aircraft.
		In addition, the cutter may use a tactical callsign in the form of a L#L combination.
		NOTE: USCG Cutters assigned to inland waterways (WLIC, WLI, WLR, WYTL) are not assigned international callsigns.
	www.wunclub.com /files/uscg.html (625 words)

	Force Protection Project - US Coast Guard, Alameda, CA
		The contract with the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Command (USCG ISC Alameda) in Alameda, California tasks WDT to install a 2400-foot floating security barrier around the WHEC Cutter pier at ISC Alameda, with provisions for multiple opening gates to allow immediate movement of the Cutters as necessary.
		The Contract received by WDT on Friday requires Wave Dispersion Technologies to install the barrier so as to float on the water creating a visible and unmistakable security line of demarcation (LOD) around the Coast Guard Cutters moored at ISC Alameda.
		The barrier must withstand a 70-mph sustained wind and simultaneous 3-knot current.
	www.whisprwave.com /uscg-alameda-force-protection.htm (538 words)

	Fox News Reports One USCG serviceman among the KIA in Al Basra Oil Terminal attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		FoxNews reporting that a USCG member was among the KIA in Al Basra Oil Terminal attack.
		378 Foot High Endurance USCG Cutter escorting a freighter which is transporting USCG Patrol Boats which along with Coast Guard personnel will be operating in support of US Armed forces in the Iraq.
		When I was on a buoy tender, there was talk of sending us to the middle east for mine sweeping duty.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1124089/posts (3238 words)

	EagleHerald \| Marinette, Wisconsin/Menominee, Michigan USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The supplies helped save thousands of lives and eased the suffering of thousands more.
		USCG Munro is a high endurance cutter and its missions include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection and national defense operations.
		Bray is a 2000 graduate of Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart High School of Moon Township, Pa., and joined the Coast Guard in November 2000.
	www.eagleherald.com /lbra0408.asp (207 words)

	Acronyms and Codenames FAQ, U-W
		UGM-27 Polaris UGM-73 Poseidon UGM-93 Trident U-GO [Japan] Attack in Burma, against Imhpal and Kohima, cities in the border region of in India, 1944.
		The 'war on drugs' has caused the USCS to adopt military equipment, such as AEW versions of the Lockheed P-3 Orion.
		--VH------------------------------------------------------------------------- VHF Very High Frequency VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit --VI------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI [USSR] Vysotny Istrebitel -- High-altitude fighter Victor [NATO] Soviet submarine class VID Visual Identifaction VIFF Vectoring In Forward Flight, use of the vectoring jet nozzles of the Harrier to enhance maneuvrability in combat.
	www.hazegray.org /faq/acr8.htm (2182 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Since the Coast Guard it the primary agent of maritime law enforcement in US territorial (and in certain cases extra-territorial) waters it can not be part of the DoD.
		When first formed it was part of the Department of the Treasury since one of its main components was the former Revenue Cutter Service.
		In 1967 it became part of the Department of Transportation which had just been created.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL1339.txt (2327 words)

	CAPT Ivan Luke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		assignment was Deck Watch Officer aboard the Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC DEPENDABLE homeported in Panama City, Florida.
		Subsequent afloat assignments were Operations Officer of the High Endurance Cutter USCGC TANEY in Portsmouth, Virginia as an O-3; Commanding Officer of the Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC EVERGREEN in New London, Connecticut as an O-4 and Executive Officer of the Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC SENECA in Boston, Massachusetts also as an O-4.
		Captain Luke’s O-5 command was the Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC VALIANT in Miami, Florida.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /JMO/Faculty/bios/lukei.htm (223 words)

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		Is there enough info on the conversions for me to be able to model one using the Skywave 1/700 kit as a starting point?
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0985.txt (3614 words)

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