USCGC Kimball

USCGC *Kimball*
History
United States
Name	Kimball
Namesake	Sumner Increase Kimball
Awarded	April 30, 2013
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost	$487.1 Million
Laid down	March 4, 2016
Launched	December 17, 2016
Sponsored by	Kay Webber Cochran, wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss
Christened	March 4, 2017
Commissioned	August 24, 2019
Home port	USCG Base Honolulu, HI
Identification	MMSI number: 303867000; Callsign: NKAY;
Motto	"DIRIGO ∙DISCIPLINA ∙ SERVO" or Latin for "Lead ∙Train ∙Save"
Status	In service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Legend-class cutter
Type	National Security Cutter
Displacement	4500 LT
Length	418 ft (127 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Height	140 ft (43 m)
Draft	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks	4
Propulsion	Combined diesel and gas
Speed	28+ knots
Range	12,000 nm
Endurance	60-90 days
Complement	111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission
Sensors &; 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	1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System; 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System; 4 × .50 caliber machine guns; 2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns;
Armor	Ballistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried	1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH x 2 sUAS
Aviation facilities	50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft

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.

NameKimball

NamesakeSumner Increase Kimball

AwardedApril 30, 2013

BuilderHuntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi

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United States
Name	Kimball
Namesake	Sumner Increase Kimball
Awarded	April 30, 2013
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost	$487.1 Million
Laid down	March 4, 2016
Launched	December 17, 2016
Sponsored by	Kay Webber Cochran, wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss
Christened	March 4, 2017
Commissioned	August 24, 2019
Home port	USCG Base Honolulu, HI
Identification	MMSI number: 303867000 Callsign: NKAY
Motto	"DIRIGO ∙DISCIPLINA ∙ SERVO" or Latin for "Lead ∙Train ∙Save"
Status	In service
Badge


General characteristics
Class & type	Legend-class cutter
Type	National Security Cutter
Displacement	4500 LT
Length	418 ft (127 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Height	140 ft (43 m)
Draft	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Decks	4
Propulsion	Combined diesel and gas
Speed	28+ knots
Range	12,000 nm
Endurance	60-90 days
Complement	111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission^[1]
Sensors & 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	1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System 4 × .50 caliber machine guns 2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
Armor	Ballistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried	1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH x 2 sUAS^[2]
Aviation facilities	50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft