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National Security Cutter Hamilton Completes Acceptance Trials

National Security Cutter Hamilton Completes Acceptance Trials
National Security Cutter Hamilton at sea in the Gulf of Mexico during customer acceptance trials on Aug. 13., 2014. (Photo: Coast Guard)

The fourth Coast Guard National Security Cutter, the Hamilton (WMSL-753), has successfully completed customer acceptance trials, clearing the final hurdle on the path to delivery next month of the cutter to the Coast Guard by shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], the service said on Monday. During the trials, the United States Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) inspected the ship’s systems, tested its equipment, examined the quality of construction, and evaluated cutter performance and compliance against contractual specifications to…

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