USCGC Dauntless
USCGC Dauntless (WMEC-624) in 1968 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Dauntless |
| Namesake | Dauntless |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company |
| Laid down | 15 May 1965 |
| Launched | 21 October 1967 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1968 |
| Homeport | Pensacola |
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| Status | In commission Special Status |
| 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 Cooper-Bessemer Corporation FVBM-12 turbocharged diesel engines (1968); 2 x Alco diesels (1987) |
| Speed | max 18 knots; 2,700 mile range (1968) |
| Range | cruise 14 knots; 6,100 mile range (1968) |
| Complement | 12 officers, 63 enlisted (1990) |
| Sensors & processing systems | 2 x AN/SPS-64 (1987) |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
USCGC Dauntless (WMEC-624) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter, commissioned in 1968.
She is the first cutter in Coast Guard history to hold this name. Like all ships in the Reliance class of 210-foot medium-endurance cutters, Dauntless is named for an aspirational trait, in this case meaning to "persevere fearlessly." This trait is further reflected in the ship's motto Sin Miedo which, in Spanish, means "Without Fear."