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Cutter in the United States Coast Guard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) is the seventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Kimball is named for Sumner Increase Kimball, who was the organizer of the United States Life-Saving Service and the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service from 1878–1915.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Kimball |
| Namesake | Sumner Increase Kimball |
| Awarded | April 30, 2013 |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Cost | $487.1 Million |
| Laid down | March 4, 2016 |
| Launched | December 17, 2016 |
| Sponsored by | Kay Webber Cochran, wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss |
| Christened | March 4, 2017 |
| Commissioned | August 24, 2019 |
| Homeport | USCG Base Honolulu, HI |
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| Motto | "DIRIGO ∙DISCIPLINA ∙ SERVO" or Latin for "Lead ∙Train ∙Save" |
| Status | In service |
| Badge | _symbolism.jpg) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
| Type | National Security Cutter |
| Displacement | 4500 LT |
| Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Height | 140 ft (43 m) |
| Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
| Speed | 28+ knots |
| Range | 12,000 nm |
| Endurance | 60-90 days |
| Complement | 111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
| Aircraft carried | 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH x 2 sUAS[2] |
| Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
Original planned commission ceremony was on January 19, 2019, but ceremony cancelled due to the government shutdown. On August 24, 2019, Kimball was commissioned in Honolulu with USCGC Midgett.
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