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{{Short description|Type of cutter in the U.S. Coast Guard}}

The '''Medium Endurance Cutter''' or '''WMEC''' is a type of [[United States Coast Guard Cutter]] mainly consisting of the {{Convert|270|ft|adj=on}} '''Famous'''- and {{convert|210|ft|m|adj=on}} '''''Reliance'''''-class cutters. These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area).<ref name="cg_ds">{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/#cutters
|title=Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters
|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]
|access-date=2012-12-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125110207/http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/#cutters
|archive-date=2012-11-25
|url-status=live
}}</ref> These cutters have adequate accommodations for crew to live on board<ref name="cg_ds" /> and can do 6 to 8 week patrols.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.org/Forum/aft/8255.aspx
|title=210' / 270' Medium Endurance Cutters
|access-date=2012-12-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030195449/http://www.uscg.org/Forum/aft/8255.aspx
|archive-date=2014-10-30
|url-status=live
}}{{verify credibility |date=December 2012}}</ref>
 
Other ships in the WMEC classification are the {{convert|282|ft|adj=on}} {{USCGC|Alex Haley|WMEC-39|6}}, and the now-decommissioned {{convert|213|ft|adj=on}} {{USCGC|Acushnet|WMEC-167|6}}, and {{convert|230|ft|adj=on}} {{USCGC|Storis|WMEC-38|6}},<ref>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.gocoastguard.com/download-stuff/coast-guard-assets-and-equipment
 |title       = Coast Guard Assets and Equipment
 |publisher   = [[United States Coast Guard Reserve]]
 |access-date  = 2012-12-11
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100707051723/http://www.gocoastguard.com/download-stuff/coast-guard-assets-and-equipment
 |archive-date = 2010-07-07
}}</ref> and {{convert|205|ft|adj=on}} {{USCGC|Tamaroa|WMEC-166|6}} which began as the [[United States Navy]] {{sclass|Cherokee|fleet tug|2}} {{USS|Zuni|ATF-95|6}} launched in 1943.

There are 13 vessels in the Famous class, and 12 vessels still in active US service in the ''Reliance'' class. The Coast Guard plans to eventually phase out the vessels in both of these cutter classes and replace them with the [[Offshore Patrol Cutter]] as part of the [[Integrated Deepwater System Program]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.mil/modernization/
|title=Coast Guard Modernization
|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]
|access-date=2012-12-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016190029/http://www.uscg.mil/modernization/
|archive-date=2012-10-16
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

== History ==
After [[World War II]], the United States Coast Guard used the [[US Navy hull classification]] system. The large, sea-going cutters were classified primarily as Coast Guard [[gunboat]]s (WPG), [[destroyer escort]]s (WDE), and [[seaplane tender]]s (WAVP). In 1965 the Coast Guard adopted its own designation system and these large cutters were then referred to as Coast Guard [[High Endurance Cutter]]s (WHEC). The coastal cutters once known as Cruising Cutters, Second Class and then as Coast Guard patrol craft (WPC) were now Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutters (WMEC)."<ref name="cg_hist">{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/WMEC_Photo_Index.asp
|title=WPC's & WMEC's: 1945-2000
|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]
|access-date=2012-12-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017160936/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/WMEC_Photo_Index.asp
|archive-date=2012-10-17
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

==Famous-class cutter==
{|{{Infobox ship begin |infobox caption=Famous class}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=[[File:Thetis cutter WMEC-910.jpg|300px|alt=Famous-class cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910)]]
|Ship caption=Famous-class cutter {{USCGC|Thetis|WMEC-910}}
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=
|Builders=*Robert Derecktor Shipyard Inc., [[Middletown, Rhode Island]]
*[[Tacoma Boatbuilding Company]], [[Tacoma, Washington]]
|Operators=United States Coast Guard
|Class before=
|Class after=
|Subclasses=
|Cost=
|Built range=1979{{ndash}}1989
|In service range= 
|In commission range=1983{{ndash}}present
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=13
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=13
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships scrapped=
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship class= 
|Ship type=
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement={{convert|1800|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} 
|Ship length={{convert|270|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|38|ft|abbr=on}} 
|Ship height=
|Ship draft={{convert|14|ft|5|in|abbr=on}} 
|Ship depth= 
|Ship decks=
|Ship power=2 × Caterpillar V12 diesel generators
|Ship propulsion=*2 × turbo-charged ALCO V-18 diesel engines
*2 × 9-foot-diameter (2.7 m) [[controllable pitch propeller]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|19.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|9900|nmi|abbr=on}}
|Ship endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement=100 (14 officers, 86 enlisted)
|Ship crew=
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=*FCS MK 92 Mod 1
*SPS-78 Surface Search Radar
|Ship EW= AN/SLQ-32A(V)2
2 x Mark 36 SRBOC
|Ship armament=*1 × [[Otobreda 76 mm|OTO Melara Mark 75]] 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
*2 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=Helipad and hangar for HH-65 Dolphin or HH-60J Jayhawk
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

The Famous-class vessels have [[Hull classification symbol|hull numbers]] in the range from WMEC-901 through WMEC-913. Entering service in the 1980s, the Famous-class cutters were designed as replacements for the {{convert|327|ft|m|adj=on}} {{sclass2|Treasury|cutter||boat}}s, and their mission profile emphasized law enforcement, particularly patrolling the newly established {{convert|200|mi|adj=on}} [[exclusive economic zone]].<ref name="cg_hist" />

The Coast Guard harvested weapons systems components from decommissioned {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate}}s to save money. Harvesting components from four decommissioned frigates resulted in more than $24 million in cost savings, which increased with parts from more decommissioned frigates. Equipment such as the [[OTO Melara 76 mm|Mark 75, 76&nbsp;mm/62 caliber gun]] mounts, gun control panels, barrels, launchers, [[junction box]]es, and other components from decommissioned ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were returned to service aboard Famous-class cutters in order to extend their service lives into the 2030s.<ref>[http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2082 U.S. Navy harvests decommissioned Frigates weapon systems for U.S. Coast Guard use] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102621/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2082 |date=2015-06-26 }} - Navyrecognition.com, 26 October 2014</ref>

=== Ships in class ===
[[File:USCGC Harriet Lane WMEC 903 moored at NS Guantanamo Bay.jpg|upright|thumb|left|{{USCGC|Harriet Lane|WMEC-903|6}} moored at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]].]]
[[File:USCG Seneca.jpg|thumb|left|The cutter {{USCGC|Seneca|WMEC-906|6}} in the Casco Bay in Falmouth, Maine. Chebeague and Little Chebeague Island are behind her.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Famous class
|-
!Hull number
!Name
!Commissioned
!Status
|-
|WMEC-901
|{{USCGC|Bear|WMEC-901|2}}
|February 4, 1983<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class>{{cite book |last=Scheina |first=Robert L. |date=1990 |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Craft, 1946-1990 |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |page=37 |isbn=0-87021-719-4}}</ref> 
|Active
|-
|WMEC-902
|{{USCGC|Tampa|WMEC-902|2}}
|March 16, 1984<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-903
|{{USCGC|Harriet Lane|WMEC-903|2}}
|September 20, 1984<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-904
|{{USCGC|Northland|WMEC-904|2}}
|December 17, 1984<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-905
|{{USCGC|Spencer|WMEC-905|2}}
|June 28, 1986<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-906
|{{USCGC|Seneca|WMEC-906|2}}
|May 4, 1987<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-907
|{{USCGC|Escanaba|WMEC-907|2}}
|August 27, 1987<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-908
|{{USCGC|Tahoma|WMEC-908|2}} 
|April 6, 1988<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-909
|{{USCGC|Campbell|WMEC-909|2}}
|August 19, 1988<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-910
|{{USCGC|Thetis|WMEC-910|2}}
|June 30, 1989<ref name=Scheina-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-911
|{{USCGC|Forward|WMEC-911|2}}
|August 4, 1990<ref name=Polmar-Famous-class>{{cite book |last=Polmar |first=Norman |date=2013 |title=The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute Press |page=589 |isbn=978-1-59114-687-2}}</ref>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-912
|{{USCGC|Legare|WMEC-912|2}}
|August 4, 1990<ref name=Polmar-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|WMEC-913
|{{USCGC|Mohawk|WMEC-913|2}}
|March 20, 1991<ref name=Polmar-Famous-class/>
|Active
|-
|}

{{-}}

===Service Life Extension Program===
The service life extension (SLEP) program for eight cutters of the class started in July 2021 with prototype work for electrical and structural systems on the ''Seneca'' and ''Harriet Lane''. Additionally, ''Harriet Lane'' served as the  prototype for the replacement of the main gun with a [[Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system|Mk38 Mod 3]] 25mm machine gun.<ref name=Harriet-Lane-SLEP-end>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3495362/coast-guard-completes-work-on-service-life-extension-program-prototype/ |title=Coast Guard completes work on service life extension program prototype |website=United States Coast Guard |access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref> The production phase of the SLEP, which will be carried out on ''Spencer'', ''Legare'', ''Campbell'', ''Forward'', ''Escanaba'' and ''Tahoma'', covers four main areas: the electrical, structural and weapons systems work prototyped on ''Seneca'' and ''Harriet Lane'' and finally replacement of the main propulsion Diesel engines.<ref name=SLEP-production-phase/> The last SLEP is expected to be complete by 2030.<ref name=Spencer-SLEP-end/>
{|class="wikitable"
|+SLEP Status
|-
!Hull number
!Name
!Entered SLEP
!Departed SLEP
|-
|WMEC-906
|{{USCGC|Seneca|WMEC-906|2}}
|July 2021<ref name=SLEP-production-phase/>
|April 4, 2022<ref name=Seneca-SLEP-end-Harriet-Lane-start>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3006945/coast-guard-cutters-mark-slep-milestones-for-isvs-program/ |title=Coast Guard cutters mark SLEP milestones for ISVS Program  |website=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref>
|-
|WMEC-903
|{{USCGC|Harriet Lane|WMEC-903|2}}
|March 28, 2022<ref name=Seneca-SLEP-end-Harriet-Lane-start/>
|August 3, 2023<ref name=Harriet-Lane-SLEP-end/>
|-
|WMEC-905
|{{USCGC|Spencer|WMEC-905|2}}
|July 1, 2023<ref name=SLEP-production-phase>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3458916/coast-guard-begins-production-phase-of-medium-endurance-cutter-service-life-ext/|title=Coast Guard begins production phase of medium endurance cutter service life extension program |website=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2025-03-22|archive-date=2024-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927073318/https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3458916/coast-guard-begins-production-phase-of-medium-endurance-cutter-service-life-ext/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|March 8, 2025<ref name=Spencer-SLEP-end>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/4131457/coast-guard-cutter-spencer-completes-service-life-extension-program/|title=Coast Guard Cutter Spencer completes service life extension program |website=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref>
|-
|WMEC-912
|{{USCGC|Legare|WMEC-912|2}}
|June 24, 2024<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3851786/270-foot-medium-endurance-cutter-legare-begins-service-life-extension-program-a/|title=270-foot medium endurance cutter Legare begins service life extension program at Coast Guard Yard |website=United States Coast Guard|access-date=2024-10-26|archive-date=2024-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241030170608/https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3851786/270-foot-medium-endurance-cutter-legare-begins-service-life-extension-program-a/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-
|WMEC-909
|{{USCGC|Campbell|WMEC-909|2}}
|
|
|-
|WMEC-911
|{{USCGC|Forward|WMEC-911|2}}
|
|
|-
|WMEC-907
|{{USCGC|Escanaba|WMEC-907|2}}
|
|
|-
|WMEC-908
|{{USCGC|Tahoma|WMEC-908|2}} 
|
|
|-
|}

{{-}}

== ''Reliance''-class cutter ==
{|{{Infobox ship begin
| infobox caption = ''Reliance'' class
}}
{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[Image:USCGC Reliance WMEC 615.jpg|300px|Reliance-class cutter USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615)]]
| Ship caption = Cutter {{USCGC|Reliance|WMEC-615|6}}
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = 
| Builders = *[[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Shipyards]], [[Houston, Texas]]
*[[American Ship Building Company]], [[Lorain, Ohio]]
*[[United States Coast Guard Yard|U.S. Coast Guard Yard]], [[Curtis Bay, Baltimore|Curtis Bay, Maryland]]
*[[Christy Corporation]], [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]]
| Operators = *United States Coast Guard
*[[Sri Lanka Navy]]
*[[Colombian Navy]] Coast Guard
| Class before = 
| Class after = 
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1962{{ndash}}1968
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1964–present
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 16
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 12
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships scrapped = 
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = 
| Ship class = 
| Ship type = 
| Ship tonnage = 
| Ship displacement = {{convert|1127.2|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} full load
| Ship length = *{{convert|210|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|LOA]]
*{{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length at the waterline|LWL]]
| Ship beam = {{convert|34|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|10|ft|9|in|abbr=on}}
| Ship depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = 2 × {{convert|2500|hp|0|abbr=on}} ALCO 251B diesel engines
| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|8000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship boats = 
| Ship complement = 75
| Ship time to activate = 
| Ship sensors = 
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *1 × [[Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System|25mm Mk 38 autocannon]]
*2 × [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2HB .50 caliber (12.7mm) machine guns]]
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = 
| Ship aircraft facilities = Helipad
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}
The ''Reliance''-class vessels have [[Hull classification symbol|hull numbers]] in the range from WMEC-615 through WMEC-630.  Entering service between 1964 and 1969, the ''Reliance''-class cutters were meant to replace the {{convert|125|ft|adj=on}} cutters of the Prohibition era and were the first major cutter replacement project since the {{convert|255|ft|adj=on}} {{sclass|Owasco|cutter|2}}s from World War II.<ref name="cg_hist" /> 

The 210s (210-foot cutters) received upgrades and modifications (in a program named "Midlife Maintenance Availability" or MMA) during the 1986 through 1990 time period.  The "A"-class cutters had their gas turbines removed, and all 210s had their stern transom exhaust systems replaced with a traditional stack.  While this modification reduced the size of the flight deck, they were still more than capable of carrying out helicopter operations. Other modifications included enlarging the superstructure area, replacing the main armament, and increasing the fire-fighting capability of the cutters. The modifications cost approximately $20 million per cutter, well above their original cost of about $3.5 million each.<ref name="cg_hist" />

=== Ships in class ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+''Reliance'' class
|-
!Hull number
!Name
!Status
|-
|WMEC-615
|{{USCGC|Reliance|WMEC-615|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-616
|{{USCGC|Diligence|WMEC-616|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-617
|{{Ship|USCGC|Vigilant|WMEC-617|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-618
|{{USCGC|Active|WMEC-618|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-619
|{{USCGC|Confidence|WMEC-619|2}}
|In commission, special status
|-
|WMEC-620
|{{USCGC|Resolute|WMEC-620|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-621
|{{USCGC|Valiant|WMEC-621|2}}
| In commission, special status
|-
|WMEC-622
|{{USCGC|Courageous|WMEC-622|2}}
|Decommissioned
|-
|WMEC-623
|{{USCGC|Steadfast|WMEC-623|2}}
|Decommissioned
|-
|WMEC-624
|{{USCGC|Dauntless|WMEC-624|2}}
| In commission, special status
|-
|WMEC-625
|{{USCGC|Venturous|WMEC-625|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-626
|{{USCGC|Dependable|WMEC-626|2}}
|In commission, special status
|-
|WMEC-627
|{{USCGC|Vigorous|WMEC-627|2}}
|Active
|-
|WMEC-628
|{{USCGC|Durable|WMEC-628|2}}
|Decommissioned
|-
|WMEC-629
|{{USCGC|Decisive|WMEC-629|2}}
|Decommissioned 
|-
|WMEC-630
|{{Ship|USCGC|Alert|WMEC-630|2}}
|Active
|-
|}

USCGC ''Valiant'' (WMEC-621) was removed from active service and placed in commission, special status on 17 June 2025.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=17 June 2025 |title=Coast Guard Cutter Valiant celebrated for over 57 years of service during heritage recognition ceremony |url=https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4219645/coast-guard-cutter-valiant-celebrated-for-over-57-years-of-service-during-herit/ |location=Naval Station Mayport, Florida |publisher=Defense media Activity |agency=United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref>

USCGC ''Courageous'' (WMEC 622) was decommissioned on 19 September 2001. She was transferred to the government of Sri Lanka on 24 June 2004 as {{Ship|SLNS|Samudura}} (P-621).

USCGC ''Steadfast'' (WMEC-623) was decommissioned on 1 February 2024.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast decommissioned after 56 years of service |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/463246/us-coast-guard-cutter-steadfast-decommissioned-after-56-years-service |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Defense Media Activity |agency=U.S. Department of Defense |date=2024-02-01 |access-date=2024-02-06}}</ref>

USCGC ''Dauntless'' (WMEC-624) was removed from active service and placed in commission, special status on 21 June 2024. As of that date she had served 56 years. She and ''Steadfast'' are the only two Coast Guard cutters to have seized one million pounds of marijuana.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=US Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless celebrated for 56 years’ service during heritage recognition ceremony |url=https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3814233/us-coast-guard-cutter-dauntless-celebrated-for-56-years-service-during-heritage/ |location=Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida |publisher=United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |date=June 21, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref>

USCGC ''Dependable'' (WMEC-626) was removed from active service and placed in commission, special status on 9 April 2024. Her crew were transferred to other Coast Guard units to help meet the service-wide shortage of enlisted personnel.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=US Coast Guard Cutter Dependable celebrated for 56 years’ service during heritage recognition ceremony |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/468214/us-coast-guard-cutter-dependable-celebrated-56-years-service-during-heritage-recognition-ceremony |location=Virginia Beach, Virginia, US |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |agency=United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area |date=2024-04-10 |access-date=2024-04-11 |archive-date=2024-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411015230/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/468214/us-coast-guard-cutter-dependable-celebrated-56-years-service-during-heritage-recognition-ceremony |url-status=live }}</ref>

USCGC ''Durable'' (WMEC-628) was decommissioned on 20 September 2001. In 2003 she was transferred to the Coast Guard of the [[Colombian Navy]] as [[List of active ships of the Colombian Navy#Coast Guard|ARC ''Valle del Cauca'' (PO-44)]].

USCGC ''Decisive'' (WMEC-629) was decommissioned on 2 March 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service |url=https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3316466/uscgc-decisive-decommissioned-after-55-years-of-service/ |location=Washington DC |publisher=Defense Media Activity |agency=United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |date=2 March 2023 |access-date=2023-10-01 |archive-date=2023-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204071214/https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3316466/uscgc-decisive-decommissioned-after-55-years-of-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

== References ==

{{Commons category multi |Famous class cutters|Reliance class cutters}}

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.calcote.com/mohawk/synop.htm
|title=A Day in the Life of the Mohawk
|access-date=2012-12-11
}} – [[HDTV]] documentary shows the Famous-class cutter patrolling the south coastal region of the United States in February and March 1999.
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wmec-270.htm
|title=Famous Cutter Class 270-Foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
|publisher=globalsecurity.org
|access-date=2012-12-11
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/270wmec.asp
|title=Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters / 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) - Famous Cutter Class
|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]
|access-date=2012-12-11
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wmec-210.htm
|title=Reliance Class 210-Foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
|publisher=globalsecurity.org
|access-date=2012-12-11
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/210wmec.asp
|title=Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters / 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) - Reliance Class
|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]
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[[Image:USCGC Diligence WPC-616 stern.jpg|thumb|left|{{USCGC|Diligence|WMEC-616}} in 1965. Note the lack of exhaust stacks and the exhaust ports at the waterline on the [[Transom (nautical)|transom]] on the original design. ''Reliance'' class cutters would have stacks added during future overhauls.]]
{{Famous class cutter}}
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