| USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) | |
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 USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USCGC Rush |
| Namesake: | Richard Rush |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Cost: | US$20 million |
| Launched: | 16 November 1968 |
| Homeport: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two diesel engines and two gas turbine engines |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | 14,000 miles |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Complement: | 167 personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-40 air-search radar |
| Armament: | Otobreda 76 mm, Phalanx CIWS |
USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) is a U.S. Coast Guard high endurance cutter based out of Honolulu, Hawaii, and previously based out of Alameda, California. Constructed at Avondale Shipyard near New Orleans, Louisiana and launched November 16, 1968, she is the fifth Coast Guard Cutter to be named after the eighth Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush.
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