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USCGC Dauntless
USCGC ''Dauntless'' (WMEC-624) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter, commissioned in 1968. She is the first cutter in Coast Guard history to hold this name. Like all ships in the ''Reliance'' class of 210-foot medium-endurance cutters, ''Dauntless'' is named for an aspirational trait, in this case meaning to "persevere fearlessly." This trait is further reflected in the ship's motto ''Sin Miedo'' which, in Spanish, means "Without Fear." Construction and career ''Dauntless'' was Keel laying, laid down on May 15, 1967 and Ceremonial ship launching, launched on October 21, 1967 by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio. She was Commissioned (ship), commissioned on June 10, 1968. She is the tenth of the sixteen ''Reliance''-class cutters. ''Dauntless'' was designed for search-and-rescue work. At launch, she had a small, high superstructure with 360-degree visibility and a correspondingly large helicopter pad aft without a hanger. To improve the view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Dauntless WMEC-624
United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard for its ship commissioning, commissioned vessels. They are or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. They carry the ship prefix USCGC. History of the USCG cutters The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as Cutter (boat), cutters. The term is English in origin and refers to a specific type of vessel, namely, "a small, decked ship with one Mast (sailing), mast and bowsprit, with a Gaff rig, gaff mainsail on a Boom (sailing), boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail."Peter Kemp, ed. (1976). ''The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea''. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 221–222. With general usage, that term came to define any vessel of the United Kingdom's HM Customs and Excise and the term was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
