USCGC Washington explained

P193 Fastiv formerly USCGC Washington (WPB-1331) is an cutter formerly belonging to the United States Coast Guard. Washington was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, and commissioned on 15 June 1990. She was transferred to Odessa, Ukraine in 2021 and is currently in service of the Ukrainian Navy.

Formerly operating in the Coast Guard 14th District, the cutter reported to Sector Guam. Washington supports multi-mission operations throughout Sector Guam's vast area of responsibility, which includes the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones surrounding Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and an international SAR area that includes the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, conducting search and rescue response missions, and ports, waterways and coastal security operations.[1]

Washington was decommissioned at Naval Base Guam on 18 December 2019.[2]

It was then delivered to Odessa, Ukraine on November 23, 2021 together with the USCGC Ocracoke on board the cargo ship Ocean Grand.[3] It was then enrolled into the service of the Ukrainian Navy on November 29, 2021[4] .

Design

The s were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Washington has an overall length of 110feet. she has a beam of 21feet and a draft of 7feet at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of 154t at full load and 137t at half load. It is powered two Paxman Valenta 16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two 99kW 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as motor–generators. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminum.[5] [6]

The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of 29.5kn. It is fitted with one 25mm machine gun and two 7.62mm M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 caliber machine guns. It is fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It has a range of 3330miles and an endurance of five days. Its complement is sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft 33m (108feet) patrol boats and have similar dimensions.[5] [6]

Operational career

In October 2019 the Washington participated in a joint fisheries patrol, off Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.guampdn.com/guampublishing/navigator/data/EkZlVZlyEkpKdDloHC.htm Pacific Daily News Navigator On-line 8 July 2010
  2. Web site: Coast Guard decommissions Island-class cutter in Guam after nearly 30 years' service . Sara . Muir . 18 December 2019 . Defense Visual Information Distribution Service . 7 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Чергові два «Айленди» для ВМСУ прибули в Україну . Ukrainian Military Pages . 2021-11-23 . 23 November 2021 . 23 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211123095839/https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2021/11/p192-193.html .
  4. Web site: До складу ВМСУ зараховано два патрульні катери . Ukrainian Military Pages . 2021-12-05 . 6 December 2021 . 6 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206164813/https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2021/12/ukr-navy-boats.html .
  5. Web site: 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat (WPB). United States Coast Guard. 24 August 2015.
  6. Web site: USCG 110' "Island Class" Patrol Boats (WPB). Bollinger Shipyards. 24 August 2015.