USCGC Alert (WMEC-630)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Alert.

USCGC Alert (WMEC-630) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter and is the last 210-foot (64 m) 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 USRC Alert, which served in the early days of the Revenue Cutter Service.^[1]

USCGC Alert (WMEC-630)
History
United States
Builder	United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Laid down	5 January 1968
Commissioned	4 August 1969
Homeport	Port Canaveral, Florida
Identification	MMSI number: 367299000 Callsign: NZVE
Motto	Rescue, Enforce, Defend
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Displacement	759 tons
Length	210 ft 6 in (64.16 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max
Propulsion	2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines
Speed	max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range
Range	cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range
Complement	12 officers, 63 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	2 x AN/SPS-78
Armament	1 × Mk 38 25mm machine gun 2 × M2HB .50 caliber machine gun
Aircraft carried	HH-65 Dolphin