Legend-class cutter
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Friedman |
Namesake | Elizebeth Smith Friedman |
Awarded | 21 December 2018 |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cost | $499.76 million [1] |
Identification | Pennant number: WMSL-760 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
Displacement | 4,500 long tons (4,600 t) |
Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
Endurance | 60 to 90-day patrol cycles |
Complement | 120 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x sUAS [2] |
USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) is the eleventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. [3] [4] She is the first ship to be named after Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the famous American cryptologist.
All of Legend-class cutters were constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries and were part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. [5] They are of the high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrades to make it more of an asset to the Department of Defense during declared national emergency contingencies. [6] The cutters are armed mainly to take on lightly-armed hostiles in Low-Threat Environments.
Friedman and her sister ship Calhoun were ordered on 21 December 2018. Construction by Huntington Ingalls Industries began on 11 May 2021. [7]
Legend-class cutter
| |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Friedman |
Namesake | Elizebeth Smith Friedman |
Awarded | 21 December 2018 |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cost | $499.76 million [1] |
Identification | Pennant number: WMSL-760 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
Displacement | 4,500 long tons (4,600 t) |
Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
Endurance | 60 to 90-day patrol cycles |
Complement | 120 |
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
|
Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x sUAS [2] |
USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) is the eleventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. [3] [4] She is the first ship to be named after Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the famous American cryptologist.
All of Legend-class cutters were constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries and were part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. [5] They are of the high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrades to make it more of an asset to the Department of Defense during declared national emergency contingencies. [6] The cutters are armed mainly to take on lightly-armed hostiles in Low-Threat Environments.
Friedman and her sister ship Calhoun were ordered on 21 December 2018. Construction by Huntington Ingalls Industries began on 11 May 2021. [7]