USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615) explained
USCGC Reliance (WMEC-615) is a
United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She is the fourth Revenue Cutter / Coast Guard Cutter to bear the name
Reliance and the first of the 210' Medium Endurance Cutter Fleet. 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,
New Castle, New Hampshire and
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. As of May 2019, she is stationed at the
Naval Air Station Pensacola in
Pensacola, Florida.
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Notes and References
- Web site: History of USCGC RELIANCE. United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Defense Media Activity. November 11, 2022.
