USCGC Friedman

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USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760)
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Legend-class cutter
History
Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svgUnited States
NameFriedman
Namesake Elizebeth Smith Friedman
Awarded21 December 2018
Builder Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost$499.76 million [1]
Identification Pennant number: WMSL-760
StatusUnder construction
General characteristics
Class and type Legend-class cutter
Displacement4,500 long tons (4,600  t)
Length418 ft (127 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draft22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion Combined diesel and gas
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range12,000  nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi)
Endurance60 to 90-day patrol cycles
Complement120
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-75 air search radar
  • SPQ-9B fire control radar
  • AN/SPS-79 surface search radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system
  • 2 x Mk-36 SRBOC/ 2 x Mk-53 NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament
ArmorBallistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x sUAS [2]

USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) is the eleventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. [3] [4] She is the first ship to be named after Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the famous American cryptologist.

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Development and design

All of Legend-class cutters were constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries and were part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. [5] They are of the high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrades to make it more of an asset to the Department of Defense during declared national emergency contingencies. [6] The cutters are armed mainly to take on lightly-armed hostiles in Low-Threat Environments.

Construction and career

Friedman and her sister ship Calhoun were ordered on 21 December 2018. Construction by Huntington Ingalls Industries began on 11 May 2021. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Production Awarded For Eighth National Security Cutter" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Coast Guard Selects Small UAS For NSC" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "fy18-omni-homeland-sum". appropriations.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Coast Guard announces homeport of newest National Security Cutter". Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "National Security Cutter (NSC)". Integrated Deepwater System Program. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  6. ↑ John Pike. "Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) / National Security Cutter (NSC)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  7. ↑ "Huntington Ingalls Industries begins fabrication of National Security Cutter Friedman (WMSL 760)". Huntington Ingalls Industries. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.


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