USCGC John McCormick

USCGC John McCormick visits the Columbia River, on her way to her home port in Alaska.
History
United States
NameJohn McCormick
NamesakeJohn F. McCormick
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard
BuilderBollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
LaunchedDecember 13, 2016
AcquiredDecember 13, 2016[1]
CommissionedApril 12, 2017[2]
HomeportKetchikan, Alaska
Identification
MottoStewards of the last frontier
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeSentinel-class cutter
Displacement353 long tons (359 t)
Length46.8 m (154 ft)
Beam8.11 m (26.6 ft)
Depth2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 4,300 kW (5,800 shp)
  • 1 × 75 kW (101 shp) bow thruster
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance5 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB
Complement2 officers, 20 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
L-3 C4ISR suite
Armament

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]

  1. ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Accepts 21st Fast Response Cutter" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  2. ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions Fast Response Cutter John McCormick in Ketchikan, Alaska". Coast Guard News. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HoumaToday2016-12-13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).