Builder: Todd Shipyards, Houston, Texas
Commissioned: October 3, 1964
Homeport: Port Canaveral, Florida
Motto:
Semper Vigilans
Always Vigilant
Status: Active
General characteristics
Displacement: 759 tons
Length: 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Draft: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) max
Propulsion: 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines
Speed: max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range
Range: cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range
Complement: 12 officers, 63 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems: 2 x AN/SPS-64
Armament:
1 × Mk 38 25mm machine gun
2 × M2HB .50 caliber machine gun
Aircraft carried: HH-65 Dolphin