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USCGC Forward (WMEC-911)
USCGC Forward (WMEC-911)
USCGC Forward (WMEC-911)
Career (USCG) Ensign of the United States Coast Guard
Name: USCGC Forward
Namesake: Walter Forward
Builder: Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Rhode Island
Acquired: 4 August 1990
Commissioned: 1990
Homeport: Portsmouth, Virginia
Motto: Ever the Sentinel
Fate: Active
General characteristics
Class & type: Famous-class cutter
Displacement: 1,800 long tons (1,829 t)
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
Boats & landing
craft carried:
• 1 × Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Interceptor
• 1 × RHI with twin 90 HP outboard engines
Complement: 100 personnel (14 officers, 86 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems:
MK 92 Fire Control Radar
SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
AN/SLQ-32 (receive only)
Armament: 1 OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
2 x .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun
Aircraft carried: HH-65 Dolphin
HH-60 Jayhawk
MH-68 Stingray
USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) Crest

USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) Crest.

USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Named for Walter Forward, fifteenth United States Secretary of the Treasury, she was constructed by Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated, Middletown, Rhode Island was delivered in May 1989, and commissioned 4 August 1990. USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) and USCGC Legare (WMEC-912) were commissioned in a joint ceremony in Portsmouth, VA.[citation needed]

On 12 January 2010, the Forward was at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base when the 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred. She was ordered to assist in the humanitarian relief efforts, and was the first American vessel to arrive in Port-au-Prince the following morning.[1][2]

Commanding Officer: CDR Mike Stewart.

Executive Officer: LCDR Matt Carter.

USCG Cutters Haiti 2010 Earthquake

USCGC Forward (foreground) at Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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