USCGC Monomoy (WPB-1326)

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USCGC Monomoy, April 2005
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Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svgUnited States
NameMonomoy
Namesake Monomoy Island, off the southeast coast of Cape Cod in Nantucket Shoals
Operator United States Coast Guard
BuilderBollinger Machine Ship and Shipyard, Lockport, Louisiana
LaunchedOctober 21, 1988
CommissionedMay 19, 1989
DecommissionedMarch 22, 2022
Homeport Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
MottoAnytime, Anywhere [1]
Honors and
awards
StatusDecommissioned
NotesCurrently forward-deployed to Manama, Bahrain
Badge
USCGC Monomoy Unit Patch USCGC Monomoy Unit Patch (PATFORSWA).jpg
USCGC Monomoy Unit Patch
General characteristics
Class and type Island-class patrol boat
Displacement168 long tons (171 t)
Length113 ft (34 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft6.5 ft (2.0 m)
Propulsion2 Paxman Valenta diesel engines
Speed29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range3,300 miles (5,300 km)
Complement22 (3 officers, 19 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems		AN/SPS-78 radar
Armament

USCGC Monomoy (WPB-1326) was a United States Coast Guard Island class patrol cutter. She was the 26th ship of her class. The second ship of the Coast Guard to bear the name, Monomoy was named after Monomoy Island which lies off the coast of Cape Cod. [2]

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History

Monomoy was originally commissioned in 1989 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, at Coast Guard Station Woods Hole. Her missions have included search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, alien interdiction, marine mammal protection and pollution response, homeland security, and presidential security. Monomoy provided security for President Clinton while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, and for George W. Bush while he was in Kennebunkport, Maine. [2]

Between 1994 and 1996, she conducted 25 law enforcement patrols in support of Operation Foxwood.[ clarification needed ] Since 1996, Monomoy has conducted over 300 law enforcement boardings, including the interception and seizure in 1998 of 920 pounds of cocaine off the coast of Puerto Rico. [2]

Search and rescue is a Monomoy core competency. For rescuing the crew of the fishing vessel True Life, the crew of Monomoy was awarded a Coast Guard Unit Commendation. Another was awarded for the ship's assistance in wreckage recovery after the TWA Flight 800 disaster in 1996. Between 1994 and 1996, Monomoy participated in Operation Able Manner, which resulted in the rescue of 71 migrants in the Caribbean whose vessels were foundering, and for which the ship was awarded a Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation. [2]

After the September 11 attacks, Monomoy was one of the ships to patrol New York Harbor in District One. [2]

Recent service

In August 2004, [3] Monomoy was forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain as part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and subsequently Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve. Serving under the United States Fifth Fleet, she participated in anti-piracy patrols, among other missions. In 2012, while on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Monomoy aided in the rescue of six Iranian sailors from their sinking dhow. [4]

On 26 August 2014, Monomoy was involved in an incident with an armed Iranian dhow in the Persian Gulf. Monomoy launched the cutter small boat to query the dhow. The crew of the dhow pointed a machine gun at the small boat and Monomoy's crew responded with warning shots. The dhow did not respond. No U.S. personnel were harmed and they returned to the cutter. It is not known if the dhow was hit. [5]

On 12 January 2016, Monomoy was involved in the 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident. According to military sources the two Riverine Command Boats (RCBs) were on a routine transit from Kuwait to Bahrain, which serves as the home port for Task Force 56 under the Fifth Fleet. They were scheduled to refuel with the Monomoy during the transit, however, one RCB developed an engine problem and both boats stopped to solve the mechanical issue. During this time both boats drifted into Iranian waters, resulting in the capture of the RCBs. "Monomoy", noting the delay of the RCBs at the rendezvous point and tracking their progress notified the group's parent unit, Task Force 56.7. "Monomoy's" notification, combined with the actions of a female Navy petty officer who activated an Emergency Position-indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal, while in Iranian custody, aided the search and rescue operation. "Monomoy" was subsequently tasked with Combat Search and Rescue efforts inside Iranian territorial waters off Farsi Island to attempt to locate, and if possible, recover the RCB crews. [6]

On 22 March 2022, Monomoy was decommissioned after the arrival of a replacement fast response cutter. [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "USCGC MONOMOY (WPB 1326): Unit Information" (MS Word). United States Coast Guard. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  3. ↑ "The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy (WPB 1326) is off-loaded as part of a six-boat force representing the Coast Guard operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf". U.S. Navy. 9 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Alt URL
  4. ↑ Gladstone, Rick (10 January 2012). "U.S. Navy Reports Second Rescue of Iranian Mariners". The New York Times . Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ↑ Crawford, Jamie (26 August 2014). "U.S. Coast Guard fires on Iranian fishing boat". CNN .
  6. ↑ Seck, Hope Hodge (10 August 2016). "Female Sailor Recognized for Bravery During Iranian Detention Incident". Military.com . Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Coast Guard Decommissions Three Cutters in Bahrain". 5th Fleet Public Affairs - NAVCENT. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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