 USCGC John McCormick visits the Columbia River, on her way to her home port in Alaska.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | John McCormick |
| Namesake | John F. McCormick |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | December 13, 2016 |
| Acquired | December 13, 2016[1] |
| Commissioned | April 12, 2017[2] |
| Homeport | Ketchikan, Alaska |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Stewards of the last frontier |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sentinel-class cutter |
| Displacement | 353 long tons (359 t) |
| Length | 46.8 m (154 ft) |
| Beam | 8.11 m (26.6 ft) |
| Depth | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance | 5 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
| Armament |
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USCGC John McCormick (WPC-1121) is the United States Coast Guard's 21st Sentinel-class cutter, and the first to be stationed in Alaska, where she is homeported at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan.[3]
The vessel's manufacturer, Bollinger Shipyards, of Lockport, Louisiana, delivered the ship to the Coast Guard on December 13, 2016, for her acceptance trials,[1][3] and then John McCormick was commissioned on April 12, 2017 in Ketchikan, Alaska.[2]
- ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Accepts 21st Fast Response Cutter" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions Fast Response Cutter John McCormick in Ketchikan, Alaska". Coast Guard News. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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