The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC. The cutters are called the Hamilton class after their lead ship , or the "Secretary class" because most of the vessels in the class were named for former Secretaries of the Treasury , with the exception of the …

USCGC Gallatin (WHEC-721), a high endurance cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1968 to 2014 and in the Nigerian Navy since 2017

NNS Okpabana is a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter which formerly served with the U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC Gallatin (WHEC-721). Built at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana, Gallatin was named for Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving United States Secretary of the Treasury.

USCGC Gallatin (WHEC-721) is a U.S. Coast Guard Hamilton-class high endurance cutter based out of Charleston, South Carolina. Built at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana, Gallatin was named for Albert Gallatin, the fourth and …

2014年4月2日 · Current and former United States Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin (WHEC-721) crewmembers, stand at attention as the cutter is formally decommissioned March 31, 2014, in Charlston, S.C. The Gallatin is being transferred to the Nigerian Navy following its decommissioning.

2023年10月22日 · The following summer of 2002, Dallas deployed with the cutter Gallatin (WHEC-721) to take part in Operation New Frontier. The two cutters supported HITRON helicopters stopping high-speed (“go fast”) drug boats carrying contraband to their destinations.

The USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719), while deployed to the Persian Gulf with a Navy amphibious group, suffered an engine room fire so widespread that one of her two gas turbines was damaged beyond repair and had to be replaced before the deployment could continue.

The deployment last summer of the Dallas (WHEC-716) in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gallatin (WHEC-721) in the Baltics, for instance, directly contributed and supported the national security and military strategies. Such operations should expand, given the worldwide—and currently unmet—demand for Coast Guard expertise.

Media in category "USCGC Gallatin (WHEC-721)" The following 65 files are in this category, out of 65 total. A member of the South Carolina Patriot Guard Riders holds an American flag while standing on a pier in Charleston, S.C., Dec. 11, 2013, to welcome the high endurance cutter USCGC Gallatin (WHEC 721) and its 131211-F-LR006-456.jpg 4,692 × ...

2024年2月4日 · NAMESAKE - GALLATIN is the sixth Coast Guard Cutter to be named after Albert Gallatin, who served as Secretary of the Treasury under the Presidents Jefferson and Madison. Gallatin was born in Switzerland in 1761 and came to America in 1780.