USCGC Resolute
US Coast Guard vessel
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::summary US Coast Guard vessel ::
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| Field | Value |
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| infobox_caption | USCGC Resolute (WMEC-620) |
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| image | USCGC Resolute WMEC-620.jpg |
| image_caption | USCGC Resolute (WMEC-620) |
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| country | United States |
| flag | |
| builder | United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| laid_down | May 1965 |
| commissioned | 8 December 1966 |
| homeport | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| identification | * |
| motto | *Fama Extendere Factis |
| status | Active |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| class | |
| displacement | 759 tons |
| length | 210 ft |
| beam | 34 ft |
| draft | 10 ft max |
| propulsion | 2 × V16 2550 hp ALCO diesel engines |
| speed | 18 kn |
| range | *2700 mi at 18 kn |
| *{{convert | 6100 |
| complement | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
| sensors | 2 × AN/SPS-78 |
| armament | *1 × Mk 38 25mm machine gun |
| aircraft | HH-65 Dolphin |
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- Callsign: NRLT |motto=*Fama Extendere Factis
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USCGC Resolute (WMEC-620) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter.
History
The Coast Guard's first cutter Resolute was a top-sail schooner built and commissioned in 1867. This first Resolute was homeported in Key West, Florida, and took on the missions of smuggling interdiction as well as search and rescue. |website= United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area, U.S. Department of Homeland Security |publisher=Defense Media Activity |url=https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Area-Cutters/CGCRESOLUTE/History/ |title=History of USCGC Resolute (WMEC 620) |access-date=2022-11-10
The current cutter Resolute is very different in size and construction but the missions remain the same. The sixth of sixteen s, Resolute was the first of her class to be powered by two 2500 hp Alco-B diesel engines. ''Resolute'''s keel was laid at the United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, in May 1965. She was commissioned 8 December 1966. Since that time she has seen several different homeports including San Francisco, California; Alameda, California; Astoria, Oregon; and her current home port of St. Petersburg, Florida.
Resolute has been decorated on several occasions. She has done well during Refresher Training (REFTRA), earning eight REFTRA "E's" for overall excellence in simulated battle and damage scenarios. Resolute has earned two Coast Guard Unit Commendation awards for exceptional work in separate Search and Rescue (SAR) cases. In 1981, Resolute extinguished a fire aboard the tug DeFelice alongside a San Francisco fuel pier. Two Resolute crewmembers entered the burning tug and retrieved her injured occupants. Several of Resolutes crew were injured during this operation while they fought desperately to save the vessel and crew. In 1982, Resolute earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation for protecting an from potentially dangerous demonstrators. In 1986, after successfully completing hundreds of SAR cases and fisheries boardings, Resolute saw her first drug bust. The seizure of MV Pamnico and the arrest of the vessel's crew resulted in the interdiction of over 20000 lb of marijuana headed for the streets of the United States.
Resolute exercised her multi-mission capabilities during her tour of duty in Astoria, Oregon. On numerous occasions, Resolute was called to assist vessels in distress. Environmental protection was Resolutes primary calling when she was tasked with patrolling US fishery protection zones. Resolute also responded to assist in the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska.
Resolute was decommissioned at the United States Coast Guard Yard in 1994 for a major refurbishment. Following this yard period, she was recommissioned and homeported in St. Petersburg, FL, where she continues to meet diverse challenges off the Southeast United States and in the Caribbean Sea.
Resolute escorted the 500 ft MV Yalta from the Windward Passage to the Port of Tampa, Florida from 27 June – 1 July 2003. Members of Resolutes boarding team and Rescue and Assistance detail were directly responsible for the salvage, safe navigation, operation and security of Yalta, her crew, and over 4 tons of cocaine during the transit. From 5 – 25 July 2003, Resolute participated in TACT (Tailored Annual Cutter Training). The training included such activities as man overboard, anchoring, towing, swept channel, general emergency, collision, gun shoot and general quarters drills. For participation and successful completion of all drills Resolute won the Battle E Ribbon from United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), her second award in two years.
Deepwater Horizon Response
Resolute was part of the flotilla used to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The United States Government billed BP $19,000 per hour for the ship's presence. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704720004575377110647505300 |title=U.S. Drills Deep Into BP as Spill Drama Drags On |last=Langley |first=Monica |work=Wall Street Journal |date=21 July 2010 |access-date=2012-12-11
In fiction
Resolute appears in the second chapter of the Dale Brown novel Hammerheads where, fictitiously up-armed with (1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun, as well as her normal complement of 6 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns), |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wmec-210.htm |publisher=globalsecurity.org |title=Reliance Class 210-Foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) |access-date=2012-12-11
References
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