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USCGC Valiant
USCGC ''Valiant'' (WMEC-621) is a United States Coast Guard multi-mission Medium Endurance Cutter, medium endurance cutter in service since 1967 and in commission, special status (that is, inactive) since 17 June 2025. ''Valiant'' was most recently home ported in Jacksonville, Florida and operated in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico for the Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area. Missions included search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection, and national defense operations. History USCGC ''Valiant'' (WMEC-621) was laid down 28 February 1966 at American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio, United States and launched on 14 January 1967. She is the seventh of sixteen cutters of her class. She was commissioned on 3 November 1967 at Galveston, Texas, her first homeport, where she served for 24 years. In November 1991, ''Valiant'' was decommissioned for a mid-life overhaul. On January 7, 1994, ''Valiant'' was re-commissioned to her secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Valiant WMEC-621
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] |
