List of United States Coast Guard cutters

Summary

The List of United States Coast Guard Cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter.

420' Healy-class Icebreaker (WAGB) edit

 
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)

418' Legend-class National Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) edit

 
USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750)

399' Polar-class Heavy Icebreaker (WAGB) edit

 
Polar Star, a USCG Polar Class Icebreaker

378' High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) edit

 
USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715), a Hamilton class cutter

360' Maritime Security Cutter, Medium (WMSM) edit

As of July 2022: 5 cutters ordered; 10 more optioned; 25 cutters total in program of record[1][2]

338' Alamosa-class Cutter (WAK) edit

327' Treasury-class Cutter (WPG) edit

 
USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35), a Treasury-class cutter

311' Casco-class Seaplane Tender (WAVP) edit

 
USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)

309' Icebreaker (WAGB) edit

306' Edsall-class Destroyer Escort (WDE) edit

 
USCGC Finch (WDE-428), a former US Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort

295' Training Barque Eagle (WIX) edit

 
USCGC Eagle under full sail in 2013 in the Caribbean Sea

290' Medium Great Lakes Icebreaker (WAGB) edit

 
USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) on icebreaking duties in the Straits of Mackinaw

282' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) edit

 
USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39)

270' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) edit

 
USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910), a Famous-class cutter

269' Wind-class Icebreaker (WAGB) edit

 
USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284)

255' Owasco-class Cutter (WPG/WHEC) edit

 
USCGC Owasco (WPG-39)

250' Lake-class Cutter edit

240' Tampa-class Cutter edit

240' Seagoing Buoy Tender Breaker (WLBB) edit

 
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)

230' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) edit

 
USCGC Storis (WMEC-38)

225' Juniper-class Seagoing Buoy Tenders (WLB) edit

 
USCGC Spar (WLB-206), a USCG seagoing buoy tender

213' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) edit

213' Diver-class cutter (WAT)

210' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) edit

 
USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615), a Reliance class cutter

205' Cherokee/Navajo-class Auxiliary Tug (WAT) edit

 
USCGC Tamaroa (WMEC-166)

204' Seneca-class Revenue Cutter edit

200' Eagle-class Patrol Craft edit

  • USCGC McGourty (ex-Eagle 16)
  • USCGC Scally (ex-Eagle 20)
  • USCGC Bothwell (ex-Eagle 21)
  • USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22)
  • USCGC Carr (ex-Eagle 30)

192' First Class Cruising Cutter edit

190' Miami class edit

189' Seagoing Buoy Tenders (WLB) edit

188' First Class Cruising Cutter edit

187' Auxiliary Tug (WAT) edit

180' Seagoing Buoy Tenders (WLB) edit

Class A (Cactus) edit

 
USCGC Conifer (WLB-301)

Class B (Mesquite) edit

 
USCGC Mesquite (WLB-305)

Class C (Iris) edit

 
USCGC Sundew (WLB-404)

180' Oceanographic Vessel (WAGO) edit

179' patrol coastal (WPC) edit

 
USCGC Shamal (WPC-13), a former USN Cyclone-class patrol ship

Cyclone-class patrol ships on loan from the United States Navy

178' first class cruising cutter edit

  • USCGC Tuscarora (1902)

176' cargo vessel (WAK) edit

175' Hollyhock-class buoy tender (WLM) edit

 
USCGC Walnut (WLM-252)

175' Keeper-class coastal buoy tender (WLM) edit

 
USCGC Joshua Appleby (WLM-556), a 175' USCG coastal buoy tender

173' Magnolia-class bay and sound tender (WAGL) edit

  • USCGC Kukui (WAGL-225)
  • USCGC Magnolia (WAGL-231)
  • USCGC Mistletoe (WAGL-237)
  • USCGC Ivy (WAGL-)

171' first class cruising cutter edit

166' Tallapoosa class edit

165' Algonquin-class patrol boat (WPG) edit

 
USCGC Onondaga (WPG-79)

Also known as 165-foot (A) patrol craft

165' Thetis-class patrol boat (WPC) edit

 
USCGC Ariadne (WPC-101)

Also known as 165-foot (B) patrol craft

160' inland construction tender (WLIC) edit

  • USCGC Pamlico (WLIC-800)
  • USCGC Hudson (WLIC-801)
  • USCGC Kennebec (WLIC-802)
  • USCGC Saginaw (WLIC-803)

158' auxiliary tug (WAT) edit

  • USCGC Shawnee (WAT-54)[7]

157' Red-class coastal buoy tender (WLM) edit

154' Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (WPC) edit

 
USCGC Edgar Culbertson (WPC-1137)

152' seagoing tug edit

143' auxiliary tug (WATA) edit

140' Bay-class icebreaking tug (WTGB) edit

 
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay (WTGB-108) clears a channel for vessels to navigate the frozen Hudson River

133' White-class coastal buoy tender (WAGL/WLM) edit

 
USCGC White Alder (WLM-541), a 133' USCG coastal buoy tender

125' Active-class patrol boat (WSC) edit

 
USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157)

123' patrol boat (WPB) edit

 
USCGC Matagorda (WPB-1303), a 123' converted Island-class patrol boat
  • USCGC Manitou (WPB-1302)
  • USCGC Matagorda (WPB-1303)
  • USCGC Monhegan (WPB-1305)
  • USCGC Nunivak (WPB-1306)
  • USCGC Vashon (WPB-1308)
  • USCGC Attu (WPB-1317)
  • USCGC Metompkin (WPB-1325)
  • USCGC Padre (WPB-1328)

113' Sycamore class (WAGL) edit

 
USCGC Forsythia (WAGL-63)

110' surface effect ship (WSES) edit

  • USCGC Dorado (WSES-1)[11]
  • USCGC Sea Hawk (WSES-2)[12]
  • USCGC Shearwater (WSES-3)[13]
  • USCGC Petrel (WSES-4)[14]

110' Island-class patrol boat (WPB) edit

 
USCGC Maui (WPB-1304)
 
USCGC Mustang (WPB-1310)
 
USCGC Orcas (WPB-1327)

110' Calumet-class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT) edit

  • USCGC Calumet (WYT-86)
  • USCGC Hudson (WYT-87)
  • USCGC Navesink (WYT-88)
  • USCGC Tuckahoe (WYT-89)

110' Arundel-class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT) edit

110' Manitou-class harbor tug (WYTM/WYT) edit

  • USCGC Manitou (WYTM-60)[15]
  • USCGC Kaw (WYTM-61)[16]

110' Apalachee-class harbor tug (WYT) edit

  • USCGC Apalachee (WYT-71)
  • USCGC Yankton (WYT-72)
  • USCGC Mohican (WYT-73)
  • USCGC Chinook (WYTM-96)
  • USCGC Ojibwa (WYT-97)
  • USCGC Snohomish (WYT-98)
  • USCGC Sauk (WYT-99)

100' inland buoy tender (WLI) edit

100' inland construction tender (WLIC) edit

100' Corwin-class patrol boats edit

  • USCGC Corwin (YN-80)
  • USCGC Dallas (YN-81)
  • USCGC Dexter (YN-82)
  • USCGC Eagle (YN-83)
  • USCGC Forward (YN-84)
  • USCGC Gallatin (YN-85)
  • USCGC Mahoning (YN-86)
  • USCGC Nansemond (YN-87)
  • USCGC Naugatuck (YN-88)
  • USCGC Patriot (YN-89)
  • USCGC Perry (YN-90)
  • USCGC Petrel (YN-91)
  • USCGC Wolcott (YN-92)

95' Cape-class cutter edit

 
USCGC Cape Hedge (WPB-95311)

87' Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat (WPB) edit

 
USCGC Barracuda (WPB-87301), a USCG Coastal Patrol Boat

83' patrol craft - 230 hulls, not named edit

82' Point-class patrol boat (WPB) edit

 
USCGC Point Evans (WPB-82354)

80' inland buoy tender (WLI) edit

  • USCGC Tern (WLI-80801)

75' Gasconade-class river buoy tender (WLR) edit

 
USCGC Gasconade (WLR-75401)

75' Kankakee-class river buoy tender (WLR) edit

 
USCGC Greenbrier (WLR-75501), a diesel powered river tender built for the U.S. Coast Guard in 1990

75' inland construction tender (WLIC) edit

 
The Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sledge (WLIC-75303), a 75-foot construction tender homeported in Baltimore.
  • USCGC Anvil (WLIC-75301)
  • USCGC Hammer (WLIC-75302)
  • USCGC Sledge (WLIC-75303)
  • USCGC Mallet (WLIC-75304)
  • USCGC Vise (WLIC-75305)
  • USCGC Clamp (WLIC-75306)
  • USCGC Wedge (WLIC-75307)
  • USCGC Spike (WLIC-75308)
  • USCGC Hatchet (WLIC-75309)
  • USCGC Axe (WLIC-75310)

75' patrol craft "Six-Bitters" - 203 hulls, not named edit

73' hydrofoil (WPGH) edit

65' river buoy tender (WLR) edit

 
USCGC Sangamon (WLR-65506)
  • USCGC Ouachita (WLR-65501)
  • USCGC Cimarron (WLR-65502)
  • USCGC Obion (WLR-65503)
  • USCGC Scioto (WLR-65504)
  • USCGC Osage (WLR-65505)
  • USCGC Sangamon (WLR-65506)

65' inland buoy tender (WLI) edit

 
USCGC Chokeberry (WLI-65304)
  • USCGC Bayberry (WLI-65400)
  • USCGC Elderberry (WLI-65401)
  • USCGC Blueberry (WLI-65402)
  • USCGC Blackberry (WLI-65303)
  • USCGC Chokeberry (WLI-65304)
  • USCGC Loganberry (WLI-65305)

65' small harbor tug (WYTL) edit

 
USCGC Bollard (WYTL-65614)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (2022-07-01). "US Coast Guard Selects Austal USA to Continue OPC Production". Naval News. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "The offshore patrol cutter (OPC) is the Coast Guard's highest investment priority and will play a critical role in the service's future". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  4. ^ "Historic Naval Ships Association". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
  5. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-139, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HORNBEAM, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ"
  6. ^ "USCGC Evergreen". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  7. ^ "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  8. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. RI-56, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base, 1 Thames Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI"
  9. ^ HAER No. MA-150, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HEATH, USGS Integrated Support Command Boston, 427 Commercial Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA"
  10. ^ HAER No. ME-63, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE LUPINE, U.S. Coast Guard Station Rockland, east end of Tillson Avenue, Rockland, Knox County, ME"
  11. ^ "Dorado, 1981 (WSES-1)". United States Coast Guard. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Sea Hawk, 1982 (WSES 2)". United States Coast Guard. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Shearwater, 1982 (WSES 3)". United States Coast Guard. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Petrel, 1983 (WSES-4)". United States Coast Guard. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links edit

  • USCG Cutter list
  • USCG Tenders Since WWII (WAGB, WLB, WLM, WLI, WLR)