USCGC Alert (WMEC-127)

For ships with a similar name, see USS Alert.

Active class patrol boat, 1962
History
United States
Builder	American Brown Boveri Electrical Corporation, Camden, NJ
Launched	30 November 1926
Commissioned	27 January 1927
Decommissioned	10 January 1969
Identification	IMO number: 7516931 Callsign: WZU9399
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	232 tons
Length	125 feet
Beam	23.5 feet
Draft	7.5 feet
Propulsion	2 x 6-cylinder, 300 hp engines
Speed	Maximum: 13 knots, 1945 Cruise: 8.0 knots
Range	3,500 miles Max. Speed: 2,500 miles
Complement	3 officers, 17 men (1960)
Armament	1927: 1x 3"/27 1941: 1 x 3 in (76 mm)/23, 2 x depth charge tracks 1945: 1 x 40 mm Bofors/80 (single), 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon/80 (single), 2 x depth charge tracks, 2 x mousetraps 1960: 1 x 40mm/60

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.

External links

• "Cutter Alert Preservation Team Page"
• "Official US Coast Guard Page"