Hamilton-class cutter
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The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker. The hull classification sym
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715), lead ship of the Hamilton class
Rush, circa 1985, with the older 5-inch/38 gun, lacking radar and Phalanx CIWS upgrades.
Legend-class cutter
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The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is the largest active patrol cutter class of the United States Coast Guard, the size of a friga
Hamilton-class cutter
…The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker. The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC. The cutters are called the Hamilton class after their lead…
USCGC Bertholf, the first National Security Cutter
Bertholf underway in formation with the Navy during Exercise Northern Edge, 2011
USCGC Hamilton and TCG Turgutreis in the Black Sea, April 2021
A long range interceptor aboard the cutter Bertholf