USCGC Alex Haley | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Edenton class |
Builders | Brooke Marine |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | Navajo class |
Built | 1967-1972 |
In commission | 1971-present |
Planned | 3 |
Completed | 3 |
Active | 1 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Salvage and rescue ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 283 ft (86 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m), 18 ft (5.5 m)max |
Installed power | 6,800 shp (5,100 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 8,689 nmi (16,092 km; 9,999 mi) |
Complement | 10 officers, 90 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar (Edenton) |
Armament | |
Aviation facilities | Helipad (Edenton) |
The Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship was a class of salvage and rescue ships that were operated by the United States Navy during the 1970s.
Edenton-class was a ship class consisting of three purpose built rescue ships, where they were brought into service in the 1970s. This class of ships were succeeded by the Navajo-class, as the designation ATS-4 and 5 were not used. [1] [2]
The ships were armed with two M242 Bushmaster and two M2 Browning machine guns for self-defense. [2]
Hull no. | Name | Callsign | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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ATS-1 | Edenton | NXSF | Brooke Marine | 28 March 1967 | 15 May 1968 | 23 January 1971 | 29 March 1996 | Transferred to the Coast Guard as USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39), 1999 |
ATS-2 | Beaufort | NUOT | 19 February 1968 | 1 December 1968 | 22 January 1972 | 8 March 1996 | Sold to South Korea and renamed ROKS Pyeongtaek (ATS-27), 1997 [3] | |
ATS-3 | Brunswick | NRCN | 5 June 1968 | 14 October 1969 | 19 December 1972 | 8 March 1996 | Sold to South Korea and renamed ROKS Gwangyang (ATS-28), 1997[ citation needed ] |
USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and former United States Navy vessel that was recommissioned for Coast Guard duty on 10 July 1999. It first entered service as USS Edenton (ATS-1), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship on 23 January 1971. In 1995, Edenton won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet.
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