USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910)
 USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910)
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| History | |
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| Name | USCGC Thetis |
| Namesake | Thetis |
| Builder | Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | August 24, 1984 |
| Launched | April 29, 1986 |
| Commissioned | June 30, 1989 |
| Homeport | Key West, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Improvise - Adapt - Overcome |
| Fate | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
| 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 | Two turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range | 9,900 nautical miles (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 (receive only) |
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| Aircraft carried | |
USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) is a United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter. She is the 10th ship of the Famous Class cutters designed and built for the U.S. Coast Guard and the 3rd vessel to bear the name.[1] Laid down August 24, 1984 by Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. She was launched April 29, 1986 and named for the Greek goddess Thetis, the mother of Achilles. She was commissioned on June 30, 1989. Thetis conducts patrols throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Her homeport is Key West, Florida[1]
Her duties include law enforcement, search and rescue, homeland security, and national defense.[1] Patrols last anywhere up to two to three months.
As part of Operation Martillo, the Thetis conducted drug interdiction missions in the Eastern Pacific, along the coasts of Central and South America.[2] Its 68-day patrol netted 15,000 pounds of cocaine and other illegal narcotics.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "USCGC THETIS (WMEC 910)". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-cutter-thetis-returns-home-after-seizing-140-million-of-cocaine-in-pacific-ocean/2015/07/24/
- ^ Phillips, Doug (December 18, 2017). "On 68-day patrol, cutter crew seizes 15,000 pounds of cocaine; saves 1 sea turtle, Coast Guard says". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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