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Coast Guard’s Fourth National Security Cutter Heads To Homeport

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

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Coast Guard’s Fourth National Security Cutter Heads To Homeport

Coast Guard National Security Cutter Hamilton departing from Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Mississippi. Photo: HII

The Coast Guard’s fourth National Security Cutter, the 418-foot Hamilton, has departed from the Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] shipyard in Mississippi for its homeport of Charleston, S.C., During the voyage to its homeport, Hamilton’s crew will conduct training and exercises to get the ship certified as Ready-For-Sea, and will stop at Pensacola, Fla., to onload ammunition for planned live-fire exercises. The Coast Guard took formal possession of the Hamilton in September and the cutter is scheduled to be commissioned in Charleston on…

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