Legend-class cutter
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The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC) and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is the largest active patrol cutter class of the United States Coast Guard, with the size of a frigate. Entering into service in 2008, the Legend class is the largest of several new cutter designs developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program.[12]
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USCGC Bertholf, the first National Security Cutter | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Preceded by | Hamilton class |
Cost | $670m(average), $735m(FY13 ship)[1] |
In commission | 2008–present |
Planned | 11[2] (Option for 12th)[3][4] |
Building | 1[5][3] |
Completed | 10[6][3] |
Active | 10[5] |
General characteristics | |
Type | United States Coast Guard Cutter / Large patrol vessel |
Displacement | 4,600 long tons (4,700 t) |
Length | 418 feet (127 m) |
Beam | 54 feet (16 m) |
Draft | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) |
Installed power | 3 × Caterpillar 3512B diesel generators |
Propulsion |
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Speed | Over 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
Endurance | 60–90-day cycles |
Complement | 113 (14 officers + 99 enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[8] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 1 × MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 × sUAS[11] |
Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
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