USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)
USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)
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| Name: | USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) |
| Namesake: | George S. Boutwell |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Cost: | US$15 million |
| Laid down: | 1967 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Douglas Dillon |
| Commissioned: | 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | March 16, 2016 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | "Best in the West" |
| Fate: | Decommissioned March 16, 2016 transfered to the Philippine Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hamilton Class |
| Type: | High Endurance Cutter |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft (115.21 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13.11 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.57 m) |
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| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,000 miles |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
2x OTH |
| Complement: | 167 personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Mk-92 FCS AN/SPS-40 air-search radar AN/SPS-73 surface-search radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
WLR-1H Electronic Support 2x Mk-36 SRBOC |
| Armament: | Otobreda 76 mm, Phalanx CIWS, 2x Mark 38 25mm "Bushmaster" |
| Aircraft carried: | 1x HH-65 Dolphin |
| Aviation facilities: | Retractable Helo Hangar |
Mk-92 FCS
AN/SPS-40 air-search radar
WLR-1H Electronic Support
USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) was a United States Coast Guard high endurance cutter based out of San Diego, California. Named for George S. Boutwell, United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. Boutwell engages in many CG missions, including Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement, Maritime Security, and National Defense.
The Boutwell was formally decommissioned in March 16, 2016 at Naval Base San Diego, California. She was then sold to the Philippines as Excess Defense Article (EDA) and rechristened the BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17), becoming the third Hamilton-class cutter to be transferred to the Philippine Navy.
USCGC Boutwell is the fifth of the Coast Guard’s fleet of 378 foot High Endurance Cutters. She was built in 1967 in the Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, LA. She was launched on 17 June 1967, and her launching sponsor was Mrs. Douglas Dillon. After she was commissioned in 1968, she sailed to her first homeport, Boston. In 1973 Boutwell moved to Seattle, where she remained until she underwent the Fleet Renovation and Modernization Program in 1990. Once the renovation was complete she moved to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, CA. In 2011 she relocated to San Diego, CA to replace the decommissioned USCGC Hamilton.
Boutwell’s successful missions have earned her fame and respect in the Coast Guard Community. Boutwell’s successes include many historic records. In 1980 Boutwell conducted the largest at-sea rescue ever conducted, when she rescued more than 500 people from the burning cruise ship Prisendam, in the Gulf of Alaska. In 1998, Boutwell had the largest high-seas drift net bust in Coast Guard history.
In 2003, Boutwell participated in the Iraqi conflict. Boutwell valiantly defended the oil terminals off the coast of Iraq and Iran. For her many accomplishments and continued excellence, Boutwell received the Admiral John B. Hayes Award for Unit Excellence. In 2005, Boutwell seized over 900 million dollars in cocaine (28,000 lbs). In doing this, Boutwell was exercising the newly developed Go-Fast Response Team. With the help of the new HITRON helicopter, Boutwell could stop and seize drugs from every Go-Fast it pursued.
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