USCGC Chincoteague (WPB-1320)
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- Bolinger Shipyard
- Lockport, Louisiana
 USCGC Chincoteague (WPB-1320) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | Chincoteague Island, Virginia |
| Builder |
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| Commissioned | 8 August 1988 |
| Home port | San Juan, PR |
| Identification | NAOI [1] |
| Motto | "Ride the White Horse" [2] |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Island class patrol cutter (WPB) |
| Displacement | 153 tons |
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft | 6.5 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Two Alco-Paxman Valenta 16 RP200-1 geared diesel engines, 5,280 hp (3,940 kW), two screws. |
| Speed | 29 knots |
| Range | 1,900 miles |
| Endurance | 6 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 - Cutter Boat Medium (90 HP outboard engine) |
| Complement | 16 personnel (2 officers, 14 enlisted) |
| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-64V radar |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | None |
USCGC Chincoteague (WPB-1320) is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. The third Coast Guard vessel to bear the name, Chincoteague was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana. She was commissioned on 8 August 1988.[3]
Assigned to operate from Mobile, Alabama, later she was reassigned to Key West, Florida to serve with Coast Guard Group Key West, while her current home port is San Juan, Puerto Rico. Chincoteague has served in the search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, the war on drugs, and Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations,[3] rescuing thousands of migrants from throughout the Caribbean, and seizing thousands of pounds of illegal drugs.[3]
Towards the end of 2009, Chincoteague was drydocked for maintenance and repairs [4] in Tampa, Florida by Riverhawk Marine.[5]
