USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913)
USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Mohawk |
| Namesake | Mohawk nation |
| Builder | Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island |
| Launched | September 9, 1989 |
| Commissioned | March 1991 |
| Homeport | Key West, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Lifesaver – Enforcer – Defender |
| Nickname(s) | "Mighty Mo" |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Famous-class cutter |
| Displacement | 1,800 long tons (1,829 t) |
| Length | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines |
| Range | 9,900 nautical miles (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) |
| Endurance | 14-21 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Aircraft carried | |
USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913) is a 270' United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter. She was launched on September 9, 1989 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island and commissioned in March 1991. She is the third cutter named for the Mohawk nation, a tribe of Iroquoian Indians from the Mohawk Valley of New York.