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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Assateague (WPB-1337) |
| Namesake | Assateague Island, Maryland & Virginia |
| Builder |
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| Launched | 10 November 1989 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1990 |
| Decommissioned | 13 October 2017[1] |
| Homeport | Apra Harbor, Guam |
| Fate | Berthed in Queensland, Australia, July 2018 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Island class patrol cutter (WPB) |
| Displacement | 168 tons |
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 miles |
| Complement | 18 personnel (2 Officers, 16 Enlisted) |
| Armament | 1 25mm manned auto-cannon, 2 50 Cal. Browning M2 machine guns, (minimum small arms armament: 2 12 gauge shot guns, 2 M16A1 rifles, 8 Sig P226R 40 Cal. Pistols) |
| Armor | 3/8th inch steel hull |
| Aircraft carried | None |
USCGC Assateague (WPB-1337) was an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Assateague was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, and commissioned on 15 June 1990.
- ^ "US Coast Guard decommissioning cutter Assateague after 27 years of service". navaltoday.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.