P190 Sloviansk

P190 Sloviansk[1] is an Island-class patrol boat of the Naval Forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine.

USCGC Cushing (WPB-1321) on Potomac River
History
United States
Name: USCGC Cushing
Namesake: Cushing Island, Maine
Commissioned: 4 August 1988
Decommissioned: 8 March 2017
Identification:
Status: decommissioned
History
Ukraine
Name: Sloviansk
Namesake: Sloviansk
Acquired: 27 September 2018
In service: 13 November 2019
General characteristics
Class and type: Island-class patrol boat
Displacement: 168 tons
Length: 110 feet
Beam: 21 feet
Propulsion: 2 diesel engines
Speed: 28 knots
Complement: 2 officers, 14 enlisted
Armament: 25 mm Mk38 autocannon, 2 .50 cal M2 machine guns

She was built at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, in the Spring of 1988 and commissioned on Aug. 4, 1988, at Coast Guard Base Mobile, Alabama. She was homeported in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.[2] On March 8, 2017 the Cushing was decommissioned along with the USCGC Nantucket in North Carolina. Two Sentinel-class cutters will replace both cutters next year.[3]

Design

The Island-class patrol boats were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Cushing has an overall length of 110 feet (34 m). It had a beam of 21 feet (6.4 m) and a draft of 7 feet (2.1 m) at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of 154 tonnes (152 long tons; 170 short tons) at full load and 137 tonnes (135 long tons; 151 short tons) at half load. It is powered two Paxman Valenta 16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two 99 kilowatts (135 PS; 133 shp) 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as motor–generators. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminium.[4][5]

The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph). It is fitted with one 25 millimetres (0.98 in) machine gun and two 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in) M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 Caliber Machine Guns. It is fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It has a range of 3,330 miles (2,890 nmi; 5,360 km) and an endurance of five days. Its complement is sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft 33 metres (108 ft) patrol boats and have similar dimensions.[4][5]

Transfer to Ukraine
The Sloviansk and Starobilsk arriving in Odessa on October 21, 2019.

On September 27, 2018, ownership of the Cushing and the USCGC Drummond were formally transferred to Ukraine, after their retirement.[6] The two vessels were shipped, as deck cargo, and arrived in Odessa on October 21, 2019.[7]

The patrol boat was renamed after the Donbass city Sloviansk. This name perpetuate the memory of the fallen defenders of Ukraine, natives of this city — sailor Roman Napriaglia, senior sailor Sergiy Mayboroda.[8]

References
  1. "American Island-class boats "Sloviansk" and "Starobilsk" have arrived to Odessa". Government of Ukraine. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-23. After unloading, the boats will be towed to the naval harbor. Upon completion of the readjustment work, Island-class boats will begin their combat duty to ensure maritime safety in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas under the command of the Ukrainian crew. They will soon be solemnly added to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  2. "USCGC CUSHING (WPB 1321)". Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. "2 Coast Guard Cutters Decommissioned in ceromony". Military.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. "110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat (WPB)" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. "USCG 110' "Island Class" Patrol Boats (WPB)". Bollinger Shipyards. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. "US Coast Guard transfers two Island-class cutters to Ukraine". Naval Today. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-26. The US Coast Guard transferred two of its decommissioned Island-class cutters to Ukraine in a ceremony at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, on September 27.
  7. Ben Werner (2019-10-21). "Retired U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Odessa to Join Ukrainian Navy". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-23. The general cargo ship Ocean Freedom delivering the two cutters arrived at the Black Sea port of Odessa, according to Istanbul-based ship spotters and UNIAN.
  8. Ukrainian NAVY has received Island-class patrol boats “Starobilsk”, “Sloviansk” and search and rescue vessel “Oleksandr Okhrimenko”
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