Adak underway off the coast of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
History
United States
Name
Adak
Namesake
Adak Island, Alaska, US
Builder
Bollinger Shipyard
Cost
Approx. $7 Million
Sponsored by
Marlyn Thorsen
Commissioned
18 August 1989
Decommissioned
15 June 2021
Homeport
Manama, Bahrain
Nickname(s)
The Grizzly of the Gulf
Status
Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type
Island-class patrol boat
Displacement
164 tons
Length
113 ft (34 m)
Beam
21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft
6.5 ft (2.0 m)
Propulsion
Twin Paxman Valenta 16-CM RP-200M
Speed
30+ knots
Range
9,900 miles
Endurance
6 days
Boats & landing craft carried
1 – RHI (90 HP outboard engine)
Complement
22 personnel (3 officers, 19 enlisted)
Armament
25 mm Mk 38 machine gun
5 × .50 caliber machine guns
1 × MK 19 40MM Grenade Launcher Various Small Arms
Notes
International radio call sign: NZRW
Communications: VHF and HF
USCGC Adak (WPB-1333) was a United States Coast Guard cutter that received her name from Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Built at Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, Adak was placed in commission on 18 August 1989 in New Jersey and decommissioned on 30 June 2021 in Manama, Bahrain after almost 32 years of service.
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August 1945, with PB-46 in tow, accompanied by USS Avoyel (ATF-150) (later USCGC Avoyel (WMEC-150)). They reached Guam on 13 August 1945. On 14 August 1945...
career ended, the ship served in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382), later WHEC-382, from 1948 to 1971, seeing service...
war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379), later WHEC-379, WTR-379, and again WHEC-379, from 1949...
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