USCGC Acushnet (WMEC-167)
USCGC Acushnet (WMEC-167) was a cutter of the United States Coast Guard, homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska. She was originally USS Shackle (ARS-9), a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels and received three battle stars during World War II, before a long career with the Coast Guard. Acushnet patrolled the waters of the North Pacific and was one of the last World War II era ships on active duty in the US fleet upon her retirement in 2011.
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Shackle |
| Operator | US Navy |
| Builder | Basalt Rock Company |
| Laid down | 26 October 1942 |
| Launched | 1 April 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Walker Cochran |
| Christened | 1 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 5 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1946 |
| Identification | ARS-9 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Coast Guard |
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Acushnet |
| Namesake | Revenue Cutter Acushnet |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 11 March 2011 |
| Reclassified | (WAGO-167)- 1968. (WMEC-167)- 1978 |
| Homeport | Ketchikan, AK |
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| Motto | Help, Save, Strengthen! |
| Nickname(s) | "A" team of Alaska Fisheries |
| Fate | Purchased by individual |
| Status | Awaiting restoration |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,720 long tons (1,750 t) |
| Length | 213 ft 6 in (65.07 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, four Fairbanks-Morse 6-cylinder opposed piston engines driving four generators and motors, driving two shafts with 3,460 shp (2.58 MW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 |
| Crew | 75 |
| Armament | two 40 mm AA gun mounts; four .50 cal. machine guns |
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