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USCGC Legare (WMEC-912)
USCGC ''Legare'' (WMEC-912) is a United States Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutter, medium endurance cutter. ''Legare'' was laid down July 11, 1986 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. She was named for Hugh S. Legaré, Hugh Swinton Legare, a former United States Attorney General under President John Tyler. ''Legare'' was delivered December 1, 1989 and was commissioned August 4, 1990 at her homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2009 the ''Legare'' participated in joint patrols with vessels of African nations. The ''Legare'' arrived at the United States Coast Guard Yard, Coast Guard Yard on June 24, 2024 to begin a major overhaul. The work will be carried out under the Service Life Extension Program and is collectively referred to as the "SLEP". It is intended to increase the cutter's lifetime by up to ten years by replacing her obsolete equipment and by generally making her easier to maintain. In particular, the ''Legare''s main diesel engines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Legare WMEC-912
United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard for its ship commissioning, commissioned vessels. They are or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. They carry the ship prefix USCGC. History of the USCG cutters The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as Cutter (boat), cutters. The term is English in origin and refers to a specific type of vessel, namely, "a small, decked ship with one Mast (sailing), mast and bowsprit, with a Gaff rig, gaff mainsail on a Boom (sailing), boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail." With general usage, that term came to define any vessel of the United Kingdom's HM Customs and Excise and the term was adopted by the U.S. Treasury Department at the creation of what would become the Revenue Marine. Since that time, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
