USCGC Argus
Heritage-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USCGC Argus (WMSM-915) is the lead ship of the Heritage-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and a part of the OPC (Offshore Patrol Cutter) Ship Type. She is the second ship to be named after Argus Panoptes, the first being USRC Argus, a Revenue Cutter Service ship which was decommissioned and sold in 1804.
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Name | Argus |
Namesake | USRC Argus |
Awarded | 15 October 2016 |
Builder | Eastern Shipbuilding, Panama City |
Laid down | 28 April 2020 |
Homeport | San Pedro |
Identification | Hull Classification Symbol:[1] WMSM-915 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Heritage-class cutter |
Displacement | 3,700 long tons (3,800 t) (full load) |
Length | 360 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Installed power | 4 × 940 eKW diesel generators |
Propulsion | 2 × 7,280 kW (9,760 hp) MAN 16V28/33D STC diesel engines at 1,000 rpm[2] |
Speed | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
Range | 10,200 nmi (18,900 km; 11,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Endurance | 60 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × Over-the-horizon boats |
Complement | 126 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armor | Ballistic protection over critical areas and main gun |
Aircraft carried | One MH-60 or MH-65, plus sUAS |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
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