USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760)

USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) is the eleventh Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard.[3][4] She is the first ship to be named after Elizabeth Smith Friedman.

USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760)

Legend-class cutter
History
United States
Name:	Friedman
Namesake:	Elizebeth Smith Friedman
Awarded:	21 December 2018
Builder:	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost:	$499.76 million[1]
Identification:	Pennant number: WMSL-760
Status:	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type:	Legend-class cutter
Displacement:	4,500 long tons (4,600 t)
Length:	418 ft (127 m)
Beam:	54 ft (16 m)
Draft:	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion:	Combined diesel and gas
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi)
Endurance:	60 to 90-day patrol cycles
Complement:	120
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-75 air search radar SPQ-9B fire control radar AN/SPS-79 surface search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system 2 x Mk-36 SRBOC/ 2 x Mk-53 NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament:	1 x Mk-110 57 mm Naval Gun System (variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun) 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx close-in weapons system 4 × .50 caliber machine guns 2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns
Armor:	Ballistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried:	2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x sUAS[2]

Development and design

All of Legend-class cutters were constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries and were part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program.[5] They are of the high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrades to make it more of an asset to the Department of Defense during declared national emergency contingencies.[6] The cutters are armed mainly to take on lightly-armed hostiles in Low-Threat Environments.

Construction and career

Friedman and her sister ship Calhoun were ordered on 21 December 2018. She is currently on order.

References

1. "Production Awarded For Eighth National Security Cutter" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
2. "Coast Guard Selects Small UAS For NSC" (PDF). USCG.mil. US Coast Guard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
3. "fy18-omni-homeland-sum". appropriations.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
4. "U.S. Coast Guard announces homeport of newest National Security Cutter". Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
5. "National Security Cutter (NSC)". Integrated Deepwater System Program. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
6. John Pike. "Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) / National Security Cutter (NSC)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-08-21.