USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715)
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USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715)
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| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Launched: | December 18, 1965 |
| Commissioned: | March 18, 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | March 28, 2011 |
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| Fate: | Decommissioned and transferred as an Excess Defense Article to the  Philippines as BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15). |
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| Displacement: | 3,250 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines and two Pratt & Whitney gas turbine engines |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) max |
| Range: | 14,000 nautical miles (25,900 km) |
| Endurance: | 45 Days |
| Complement: | 167 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 air-search radar MK 92 Fire Control System |
| Armament: | Otobreda 76 mm cannon, 2x 25 mm Mk38, 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons System) |
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) was a US Coast Guard high endurance cutter and the lead ship of its class. Hamilton was based in Boston MA from commissioning until 1991 and then out of San Diego, California. Launched December 18, 1965 at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana and named for Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and founder of the United States Revenue Cutter Service. She was commissioned March 18, 1967.
USCGC Hamilton was decommissioned on March 28, 2011 and transferred to the Philippine Navy as an excess defense article under the Foreign Assistance Act on May 13, 2011 as BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15).
The Coast Guard designed a high level of habitability into Hamilton. Living compartments and areas provide fairly comfortable accommodations, including air conditioning, for the 173 men and women who serve on board.
Hamilton was the first U.S. military vessel to employ the now common shipboard application of aircraft gas turbine jet engines with the use of controllable pitch propellers. Hamilton's two 18,000 horsepower (13,000 kW) Pratt & Whitneygas turbines can propel Hamilton at speeds up to 28 knots (52 km/h). Hamilton also has two 3,500 horsepower (2,600 kW) Fairbanks-Morsediesel engines, capable of driving the ship economically at 17 knots (31 km/h) for up to 14,400 nautical miles (26,700 km) without refueling. A retractable/rotatable bow propulsion unit provides exceptional maneuverability in tight situations.
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