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FDNY Marine 1, the Three Forty Three followed by Marine 9, the Firefighter II, 07-14-12
FDNY Marine 1, the Three Forty Three, 07-14-12
USCGC GALLATIN (WHEC-721) 378 FOOT HIGH ENDURANCE CUTTER is home ported at the old Charleston Naval Complex, located in North Charleston, South Carolina in the Seventh Coast Guard District, it was formerly ported at Governors Island NY. The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter class are the largest cutters, aside from the three major Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard. They are powered by diesel engines and gas turbines, and have controllable-pitch propellers. Equipped with a helicopter flight deck, retractable hangar, and the facilities to support helicopter deployment, these 12 cutters were introduced to the Coast Guard inventory in the 1960s. Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 1992, the entire class was modernized through the Fleet Renovation and Modernization (FRAM) program. The first of the class was the Hamilton (WHEC-715) commissioned in 1967. Highly versatile and capable of performing a variety of missions, these cutters operate throughout the world's oceans.
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