USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615)

USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She is the first of the 210' Medium Endurance Cutter Fleet and the fourth Revenue Cutter / Coast Guard Cutter to bear the name Reliance. Constructed by Todd Shipyards in Houston, Texas and commissioned in 1964, she was originally homeported in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her duties included offshore oil rig inspections, fisheries, counter drug, alien migrant interdiction, marine pollution patrols, and search and rescue. Reliance has been homeported in Yorktown, Virginia, Port Canaveral, Florida and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. As of May 2014 she is stationed at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola Florida.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Reliance.
USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615)
History
 United States
BuilderTodd Shipyards, Houston, Texas
Commissioned1964
HomeportPensacola, Florida
Identification
MottoFirst in the Fleet
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Displacement1108.9 tons
Length210 ft 6 in (64.16 m)
Beam34 ft (10 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max
Propulsion
  • Originally, 2 x Cooper-Bessemer Corporation FVBM-12 turbocharged diesel engines;
  • Currently, 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines
Speedmax 18 knots; 2,700 mile range
Rangecruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range
Complement12 officers, 63 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		2 x AN/SPS-64
Armament
Aircraft carriedHH-65 Dolphin

Distinguished Former Crew Members: Jason Vanderhaden served aboard the RELIANCE as an FSC from 2003-2007. Vanderhaden went on to become the 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.

References
  1. "USCGC Reliance (WMEC 615): Ship's History". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved May 15, 2014.


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