USCGC Washington
USCGC Washington (WPB-1331) is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Washington was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, and commissioned on 15 June 1990.
USCGC Washington off Palau in 2019 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Washington |
| Namesake | Washington Island, Washington, Wisconsin |
| Builder | Bolinger Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Cost | $7 million |
| Launched | 10 November 1989 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1990 |
| Decommissioned | 18 December 2019 |
| Homeport | Apra Harbor, Guam |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Our Cause is Noble |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Island-class cutter |
| Displacement | 168 tons |
| Length | 110 ft (33.5 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,704 km; 2,302 mi) |
| Complement | 18 |
Currently operating in the Coast Guard 14th District, the cutter reports to Sector Guam. Washington supports multi-mission operations throughout Sector Guam's vast area of responsibility, which includes the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones surrounding Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and an international SAR area that includes the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, conducting search and rescue response missions, and ports, waterways and coastal security operations.
Washington was decommissioned at Naval Base Guam on 18 December 2019.