USCGC Decisive (WMEC-629) was a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. Decisive's keel was laid on 12 May 1967, at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. Decisive was launched 14 December 1967, and commissioned 23 August 1968. Following its commissioning in 1968, the ship was homeported in New Castle, New Hampshire. The cutter moved homeports several times during its tenure, including St. Petersburg, Florida and Pascagoula, Mississippi before its final assignment to Pensacola, Florida. It was decommissioned on 2 March 2023.[1] It is currently undergoing modernisation to be transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy.[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service. United States Government.
- ^ "USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service" (Press release). Washington DC: Defense Media Activity. United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "US Coast Guard to transfer fourth vessel to SLN". Retrieved 11 January 2025.
External links
- Decisive home page as of 1 June 2023
- Decisive page at U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MS-20, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, Pascagoula Naval Station, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS", 13 photos, 7 color transparencies, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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