USCGC Legare (WMEC-912)
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| USCGC Legare WMEC-912
USCGC Legare (WMEC-912)
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| Name: | USCGC Legare |
| Namesake: | Hugh Swinton Legare |
| Builder: | Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island |
| Laid down: | July 11, 1986 |
| Acquired: | December 1, 1989 |
| Commissioned: | August 4, 1990 |
| Homeport: | Portsmouth, Virginia |
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| Fate: | Active |
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| Class & type: | Famous-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 1,800 tons |
| Length: | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range: | 9,900 miles |
| Complement: | 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted) |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 (receive only) |
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USCGC Legare (WMEC-912) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Legare was laid down July 11, 1986 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown, Rhode Island. She was named for Hugh Swinton Legare a former United States Attorney General under President John Tyler. Legare was delivered December 1, 1989 and was commissioned August 4, 1990 at her homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia.
File:Cutter Legare.jpg
US Coast Guard Cutter Legare transits the Chesapeake Bay
In 2009 the Legare participated in joint patrols with vessels of African nations.[1]
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