Coast Guard Unit Commendation (awarded 9 March 1992)
Fate
Scrapped 1977
Notes
Naval call sign: NFKW
Badge
Crest of the USCGC Courier WTR-410
General characteristics
Class and type
Maritime Commission Type C1-M-AV1
Displacement
5,650 long tons (5,740 t)
Length
338.75 ft (103.25 m)
Beam
50.33 ft (15.34 m)
Draft
17.25 ft (5.26 m)
Propulsion
1 × 1,700 SHP two-cycle 6-cylinder Norberg diesel; single screw
Speed
10.6 kn (19.6 km/h; 12.2 mph) maximum
Range
24,273 miles
Complement
1952: (USCG) 10 officers, 80 enlisted; (USIA) 3 radio engineers, 1 program coordinator. 1966: 10 officers, 45 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems
SO-4 (1952); SPS-23 (1966)
Armament
none
The USCGC Courier (WAGR/WTR-410) was a cutter in the United States Coast Guard converted from the M/V Coastal Messenger a Maritime Commission Type C1-M-AV1 vessel.[1]
^USCG. Courier, 1952. USCG. 2010-06-04. URL:http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Courier1952.asp. Accessed: 2010-06-04. (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5qEcrF5JF)
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designers of the Soviet atomic bomb. Harry Gold: an American who was a courier for Klaus Fuchs and David Greenglass. David Greenglass: an American machinist...
Radio Association, operates a ham station using the callsign WC8VOA. USCGCCourier (WAGR-410) "National Register Information System". National Register...
(Barge)". The Saginaw Courier. 24 April 1886. Retrieved 8 November 2022 – via The Maritime History of the Great Lakes. "USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720)". This...
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