 USCGC Venturous (WMEC-625)
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| History | |
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| Name | Venturous |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Laid down | May 22, 1967 |
| Commissioned | September 12, 1968 |
| Homeport | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Reliance-class cutter |
| Displacement | 759 tons |
| Length | 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max |
| Propulsion | 2 x V16 2,550 hp (1,902 kW) ALCO diesel engines |
| Speed | max 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 2,700-mile (4,350 km) range |
| Range | cruise 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph); 6,100-mile (9,820 km) range |
| Complement | 12 officers, 63 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | 2 x AN/SPS-64 |
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| Aircraft carried | HH-65 Dolphin helicopter |
USCGC Venturous (WMEC-625) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. The vessel was constructed by the American Shipbuilding Company in Lorain, Ohio in 1967 and commissioned in 1968. The ship has served on both the west and eastern coasts of the United States. The vessel is used for search and rescue, fishery law enforcement, border enforcement and smuggling interdiction along the coasts and in the Caribbean Sea.