User:Geo Swan/USCGC Sea Dog (WPB-87373)
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 Unlike most other vessels of her class the Sea Dog mounts a gyro-stablized, remote controlled machine gun on a pedestal on her bow. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Sea Dog |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Commissioned | May 2009 |
| Homeport | Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat |
| Displacement | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length | 87 ft 0 in (26.5 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU diesels |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament | 3 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
USCGC Sea Dog (WPB-87373) is a Marine Protector-class cutter, that is assigned to one of two special Maritime Force Protection Units.[1][2][3] Each unit is assigned to escort nuclear submarines from one the United States Navy's two main submarine bases. Sea Dog was assigned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
Sea Dog was commissioned in May 2009.[4] She joined sister ship, USCGC Sea Dragon.[3] The unit included an assortment of smaller Coast Guard boats. A similar unit escorts submarines near Bangor, Washington.
References
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"Coast Guard commissions Sea Dragon: Cutter designed to protect submarines coming into or out of Kings Bay" (PDF). Periscope magazine. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
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"Kings Bay Now..." (PDF). Periscope magazine. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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"Coast Guard to Commission Cutter Sea Dragon". Coast Guard News. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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"Coast Guard Cutter Sea Dog to arrive in Kings Bay". Coast Guard News. 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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