USCGC Kimball

USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) is the seventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Kimball is named for Sumner Increase Kimball, who was the organizer of the United States Life-Saving Service and the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service from 1878–1915.

USCGC Kimball
History
United States
NameKimball
NamesakeSumner Increase Kimball
AwardedApril 30, 2013
BuilderHuntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost$487.1 Million
Laid downMarch 4, 2016
LaunchedDecember 17, 2016
Sponsored byKay Webber Cochran, wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss
ChristenedMarch 4, 2017
CommissionedAugust 24, 2019
HomeportUSCG Base Honolulu, HI
Identification
Motto"DIRIGO ∙DISCIPLINA ∙ SERVO" or Latin for "Lead ∙Train ∙Save"
StatusIn service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeLegend-class cutter
TypeNational Security Cutter
Displacement4500 LT
Length418 ft (127 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Height140 ft (43 m)
Draft22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks4
PropulsionCombined diesel and gas
Speed28+ knots
Range12,000 nm
Endurance60-90 days
Complement111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • EADS 3D TRS-16 AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
  • SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SLQ-32
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • 2 SRBOC/ 2 x NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament
ArmorBallistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH x 2 sUAS[2]
Aviation facilities50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft

History

Original planned commission ceremony was on January 19, 2019, but ceremony cancelled due to the government shutdown. On August 24, 2019, Kimball was commissioned in Honolulu with USCGC Midgett.

See also

References
  1. "National Security Cutter: Program Profile". USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Coast Guard Selects Small UAS For NSC (PDF), USCG Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, retrieved 16 December 2017

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