Medium endurance cutter
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The Medium Endurance Cutter or WMEC is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter mainly consisting of the 270-foot (82 m) Famous- and 210-foot (64 m) Reliance-class cutters. These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands. These cutters have adequate accommodations for crew to live on board and can do 6 to 8 week patrols.
Famous-class cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910)
Cutter USCGC Reliance
USCGC Harriet Lane moored at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
The cutter USCGC Seneca in the Casco Bay in Falmouth, Maine. Chebeague and Little Chebeague Island are behind her.
United States Coast Guard Cutter
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United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. They are 65 feet (19.8 m) or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. They carry the ship prefix USCGC.
USCGC Harriet Lane, a Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
Contemporary painting of a Revenue Marine cutter (possibly USRC Massachusetts )
USCG icebreaker Polar Sea
USCG Inland Construction Tender Saginaw