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USCGC Vigilant (WMEC-617)
USCGC ''Vigilant'' (WMEC-617) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She is the twelfth cutter to bear the name ''Vigilant'', dating back to 1790 when the original ''Vigilant'' was built for the United States Revenue-Marine. She was commissioned on October 3, 1964, at Todd Shipyards in Houston, Texas, at a cost of 2.3 million dollars. From 1964 through 1989 ''Vigilant'' was homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts at Coast Guard Station New Bedford. In 1989, she underwent an 18-month Major Maintenance Availability in order to modernize her capabilities. In 1990, ''Vigilant'' moved her homeport to Port Canaveral, Florida. In 2006 ''Vigilant'' completed another yard period, updating her with the most modern electronic and engineering equipment available. Kudirka incident On November 23, 1970, Simonas "Simas" Kudirka, a Soviet seaman of Lithuanian origin, leapt from the 400-foot (120 m) mother ship ''Sovetskaya Litva'', anchored in U.S waters near Aquinnah, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigor Shipyards
Vigor Shipyards is the current entity operating the former Todd Shipyards after its acquisition in 2011. Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916, which owned and operated shipyards on the West Coast of the United States, East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf. Todd Shipyards were a major part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program for World War II. Vigor Shipyards In February 2011, Vigor Industrial purchased Todd for US$130 million. This included the Seattle, Everett and Bremerton operations. Today, Vigor Shipyards is a government repair subsidiary of Vigor Industrial. Originally, the Coast Guard wanted to acquire 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) and spend about $8 billion for them. In April 2013, it was reported that Vigor proposed an Ulstein X-bow hull in the design competition for the OPC vessels. If successful in landing the contract, Vigor would have assembled the vessels at its Portland, Ore., shipyard. However, in February 2014, the USCG announced that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
