James arriving in Boston for her commissioning August 8, 2015.
History
United States
Name
James
Namesake
Joshua James
Awarded
September 9, 2011
Builder
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Cost
$482.8 Million
Laid down
May 17, 2013
Launched
May 3, 2014
Sponsored by
Charlene Benoit
Christened
August 16, 2014
Acquired
June 15, 2015[1]
Commissioned
August 8, 2015[2]
Homeport
Charleston, South Carolina
Identification
MMSI number: 368884000
Callsign: NJAM
Status
In service
Badge
General characteristics
Displacement
4500 LT
Length
418 ft (127 m)
Beam
54 ft (16 m)
Height
140 ft (43 m)
Draft
22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks
4
Propulsion
Combined diesel and gas
Speed
28+ knots
Range
12,000 nm
Endurance
60 days
Complement
111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[3]
Sensors and processing systems
EADS 3D TRS-16 AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
AN/SPS-79 Surface Search Radar
AN/SLQ-32
Electronic warfare & decoys
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
2 SRBOC/ 2 x NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament
1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System
1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
4 × .50 caliber machine guns
2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
Armor
Ballistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried
2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV
Aviation facilities
50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft
USCGC James (WMSL-754) is the fifth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.
^"Coast Guard formally accepts fifth national security cutter". Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^Robertson, PO2 Jennifer (August 8, 2015). "Coast Guard Cutter James enters the fleet". Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"National Security Cutter: Program Profile". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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