USCGC Resolute (WMEC-620)
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| Builder: | United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Laid down: | May 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 8 December 1966 |
| Homeport: | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| Status: | Active |
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| Class and type: | Reliance-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 759 tons |
| Length: | 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max |
| Propulsion: | 2 × V16 2,550 hp (1,900 kW) ALCO diesel engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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| Complement: | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
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2 × AN/SPS-64 |
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| Aircraft carried: | HH-65 Dolphin |
USCGC Resolute (WMEC-620) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter.
The name Resolute carries a tradition of pride and professionalism in the service of the public. 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.
The current cutter Resolute is very different in size and construction but the missions remain the same. Resolute is well known for her long and productive history. The sixth of sixteen Reliance-class cutters, Resolute was the first of her class to be powered by two 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) 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 Resolute's 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 Ohio-class submarine 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 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) of marijuana headed for the streets of the United States.
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