USCGC Alert

Last updated December 22, 2022

USCGC Alert can refer to the following ships of the United States Coast Guard:

USCGC Alert (WMEC-127), was a United States Coast Guard Cutter launched in 1926 that remained in service until January 1969, she sank on October 31, 2021.
USCGC Alert (WMEC-630), is a United States Coast Guard Cutter that entered service in August 1969 and remains in service.

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Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Alert. During World War I, three ships held the name simultaneously.

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USCGC Alert (WMEC-630) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter and is the last 210-foot (64 m) medium endurance cutter constructed. The keel was laid on 5 January 1968 at the United States Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland, and she was commissioned on Coast Guard Day, 4 August 1969. Alert derives her name from the early 19th century revenue cutter USRC Alert, which served in the early days of the Revenue Cutter Service.

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USCGC Harriet Lane refers to three ships of the United States Coast Guard:

USCGC Seneca may refer to one of the following United States Coast Guard cutters:

USCGC Tampa has been the name of four cutters of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard:

USCGC Active has been the name of more than one vessel of the United States Coast Guard, and may refer to:

USCGC Legare has been the name of more than one United States Coast Guard ship, and may refer to:

USCGC Campbell may refer to more than one United States Coast Guard ship.

USCGC Alert (WMEC-127) was a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter and was the fourth cutter to carry the name. She was launched on 30 November 1926, commissioned 27 January 1927, and finally decommissioned 10 January 1969. The ship was brought to Portland, Oregon in 2006 and moored at Hayden Island with plans to turn it into a museum ship. Walt James, the founder of the nonprofit Columbia Watershed Environmental Advocates had planned to restore it but died before that could occur and the group was waived of responsibility for it, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

USCGC Reliance may refer to the following ships of the United States Coast Guard:

USCGC <i>Agassiz</i> (WSC-126) United States Coast Guard patrol boat

USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) later WMEC-126, was a steel hulled, single screw Active-class patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard which served between 1927 and 1969.

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