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    USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) was the third United States Coast Guard Hamilton-class high endurance cutter constructed. The 2,748-ton cutter’s ocean crossing...
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    were fitted to multiple cutters of the class but only one cutter, the USCGC Mellon, ever fired a Harpoon missile, in January 1990. After the collapse of...
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    The USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722), was the eighth of twelve 378-foot dual-powered turbine/diesel Hamilton-class high endurance cutters (WHECs) built by...
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    deteriorating weather. The U.S. Coast Guard cutters USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719), USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), and USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407) responded in concert with...
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  • USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716) USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) USCGC Chase (WHEC-718)...
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    Star (WAGB-10), Seattle USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), Seattle USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726), Seattle USCGC Active (WMEC-618), Port Angeles, Washington USCGC Alert (WMEC-630)...
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    USS Kidd (DDG-100) USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) HMCS Winnipeg (FFH-338) USS Anchorage (LPD-23) USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726) USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717)...
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    departed for a four-month deployment along with several ships including USCGC Mellon, USS Salvor, USS Fort McHenry, and USS McCampbell. The deployment was...
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    during CARAT 2009. A Royal Brunei Navy sailor watch as passageway aboard USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) during CARAT 2010. Royal Brunei Navy sailors on parade in...
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    contains two calderas each with central volcanic cones. On March 6, 1977 USCGC Mellon WHEC 717 spotted a volcanic eruption just a few hours old on Seguam Island...
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    Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) cruising side by side in the Java Sea on May 28, 2010 A member...
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    Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010. RSS Steadfast was leading two multi-national...
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    departed for a three-month deployment along with several ships including USCGC Mellon, USS Salvor, USS Russell and USS McCampbell. The deployment was centered...
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    (WMSL-751) USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) USCGC Munro (WMSL-755) USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) USCGC Midgett...
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  • Coast Guard and Canadian helicopters and the cutters USCGC Boutwell, USCGC Mellon, and USCGC Woodrush responded in concert with other vessels in the...
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  • 1960. He served aboard USCGC Westwind, USCGC Winnebago and USCGC Resolute. During the Vietnam War, he served aboard USCGC Mellon. His first flag assignment...
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    'suspects' during a boarding exercise aboard the US Coast Guard cutter (USCGC) Mellon (WHEC 717) as part of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT)...
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    Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010. In December 2014, Persistence was deployed...
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    commissioned as an ensign. His first assignment was aboard the Honolulu-based USCGC Mellon as a student engineer. Ronald J. Rábago was the Coast Guard's assistant...
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    Persistence, MV Avatar, USNS Amelia Earhart, USS Russell, USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon participated in CARAT 2010. RSS Valour, USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Stalwart...
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    Yokohama on 21 May 2006. Yashima at Seattle on 26 August 2009. Yashima, USCGC Mellon, USCGC Polar Sea and Vorovskiy at Seattle on 26 August 2009. Yashima at...
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    towed to safety by another ship, the Vishea Trith, and later on, the USCGC Mellon. Two people aboard the Regina Marina were treated for injuries. Celeste...
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  • fire broke out aboard her. A helicopter from the high endurance cutter USCGC Mellon ( United States Coast Guard) rescued all five people and a dog who had...
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  • sailors perished. Thirty-one survivors were rescued by Tamerlane ( Norway), Novikov Priboya ( Soviet Union), and USCGC Mellon ( United States Coast Guard)....
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    as a war reparation from Germany, a 295-foot tall ship which was renamed USCGC Eagle. It remains the main training vessel for cadets at the academy as...
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    important seizure was the British-registered schooner Henry L. Marshall by USCGC Seneca in 1921. Since the Coast Guard was tasked with prohibiting the importation...
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    registered schooner Henry L. Marshall by the cutter USCGC Seneca. In 1923, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon recommended in a budget request that the Coast...
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    Kamchatka, with the inspection party recovered uninjured. Vorovskiy and USCGC Jarvis participated in joint exercise on navigation and radio communications...
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  • Columbia Eagle was permitted to leave Cambodian waters. She rendezvoused with USCGC Chase where a Navy explosive ordnance disposal team inspected the ship while...
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    revenue cutter, USS Rush II (WSC-151) 1927 cutter USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) 1969 Hamilton-class cutter The USCGC Rush (WMSM-918) Heritage-class cutter is under...
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