 USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) in 1969 | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) |
| Namesake: | John Sherman |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 25 January 1967 |
| Launched: | 23 September 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 3 September 1968 |
| Recommissioned: | July 1989 |
| Decommissioned: | May 1986 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | “Honorable and Faithful” |
| Honors and awards: | Golden Eagle award by White House Drug Czar |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2011[update] |
| Notes: | In July 2001, Sherman became the first Coast Guard cutter to circumnavigate the world. |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two diesel engines and two gas turbine engines |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | 14,000 miles |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Complement: | 167 personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar |
| Armament: | Otobreda 76 mm, Phalanx CIWS |
USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) is a U. S. Coast Guard high endurance cutter based out of San Diego, CA.
Sherman was laid down January 25, 1967 at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana and launched September 3, 1968. She was named for John Sherman, the 32nd United States Secretary of the Treasury and author of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Sherman was involved in search and rescue efforts following the sinking of F/V Big Valley near Saint Paul Island, Alaska, on January 15, 2005.[1]
On March 17, 2007 Sherman stopped the Panamanian motor vessel Gatun about 20 miles off a Panamanian island. Gatun was loaded with 20 tons of cocaine with an estimated retail street value of $600 million. The seizure was the largest drug bust in US history and the largest interdiction at sea.[2]
USCGC Sherman in 2006.
References
- USCGC Sherman history
- Stopping Drugs At Sea article in Parade magazine
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