USCGC Rush (WMSM-918)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Rush |
| Awarded | 15 October 2016 |
| Builder | Eastern Shipbuilding, Panama City, Florida |
| Homeport | Kodiak |
| Identification | Pennant number: WMSM-918 |
| Status | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Heritage-class cutter |
| Displacement | 4,520 long tons (full load) |
| Length | 360 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Installed power | 4 x 940 ekW diesel generators |
| Propulsion | 2 × 7,280 kW (9,760 hp) MAN 16V28/33D STC diesel engines at 1,000 rpm [1] |
| Speed | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
| Range | 10,200 nmi (18,900 km; 11,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 x over-the-horizon boats |
| Complement | 126 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Armor | Ballistic protection over critical areas and main gun |
| Aircraft carried | One MH-60 or MH-65, plus sUAS |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
USCGC Rush (WMSM-918) is the fourth Heritage-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard (USCG).[4]
Heritage-class cutters are the newest class of cutter in the USCG, bridging the capabilities of the Legend-class cutters and the Sentinel-class cutters. They are tasked to go against lightly armed hostiles in low-threat environments.
In February 2014, the USCG announced that Bollinger Shipyards, Eastern Shipbuilding, and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works had been awarded design contracts for the OPC.[5] The Government Accountability Office denied contract appeals by VT Halter Marine and Ingalls Shipbuilding.[6]
In September 2016, Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Florida, was awarded a $110.3 million contract to build the first Offshore Patrol Cutter with an option to purchase eight additional cutters.[7][8] On October 15, 2016 the Coast Guard issued a notice to proceed with the detailed design of the Offshore Patrol Cutter to Eastern Shipbuilding.[9]
