United States Coast Guard Cutter VIGOROUS WMEC 627 at HMC Dockyard,Halifax on September 11th,2008.
Builder: American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down: 10 November 1962
Launched: 04 May 1968
Acquired: 02 May 1969
Commissioned: 02 May 1969
Homeport: Cape May, New Jersey
Displacement: 759 tons
Length: 210 ft 6 in (64.2 m)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Draught: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) max
Propulsion: 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines
Speed: max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range
Range: cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range
Complement: 12 officers, 63 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems: 2 x AN/SPS-64
Armament: 1 x Mk 38 25mm machine gun
2 x M2HB .50 caliber machine gun
Aircraft carried: HH-65 Dolphin
Photo © Capnken 2008