USCGC Alert (WMEC-630) explained
USCGC Alert (WMEC-630) is a
United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter and is the last 210feet 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, which served in the early days of the
Revenue Cutter Service.
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