USCGC Myrtle Hazard
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|Ship speed={{convert|28|kn}} |Ship range= {{convert|2500|nmi}} |Ship endurance=*5 days |Ship boats=1 × Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon Interceptor |Ship complement=4 officers, 20 crew |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors=L-3 C4ISR suite |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm automatic gun
|Ship notes= First Commanding Officer LT Tony Seleznick }} |
USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC-1139) is the United States Coast Guard's 39th {{sclass2|Sentinel|cutter|0}} cutter.
Like her sister ships she was built in the Bollinger Shipyards, in Lockport, Louisiana.
Design
Like her sister ships, Myrtle Hazard is designed and created to perform search and rescue missions, port security, and the interception of smugglers. She is armed with a remotely-controlled, gyro-stabilized 25 mm autocannon, four crew served M2 Browning machine guns, and light arms. She is equipped with a stern launching ramp, that allows her to launch or retrieve a water-jet propelled high-speed auxiliary boat, without first coming to a stop. Her high-speed boat has over-the-horizon capability, and is useful for inspecting and checking out other vessels, and deploying boarding parties.
The crew's drinking water needs are met through a desalination unit. The crew mess is equipped with a television with satellite reception.
Operational career
The vessel was given to the Coast Guard base in Key West for her acceptance trials on May 28, 2020.
It took the Myrtle Hazard two months to sail from Key West, where she completed her acceptance trials, to her homeport of Santa Rita, Guam. She was formally commissioned in Guam along with her sister ships Oliver Henry and Frederick Hatch on July 29, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6761508/us-coast-guard-conducts-triple-commissioning |date=2021-07-29 |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=2021-08-05|title=U.S. Coast Guard Conducts Triple Commissioning }} In 2022, the Myrtle Hazard took part in Operation Blue Pacific, conducting sovereignty and fisheries patrols in five Pacific island nations.{{cite web | url=https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-assists-in-patrolling-solomon-islands-eez/2022/05/30/ | title=Coast Guard assists in patrolling Solomon Islands EEZ | Coast Guard News }} In late May 2022, the Myrtle Hazard was diverted from Operation Blue Pacific to the Solomon Islands to patrol its Exclusive Economic Zone while the Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel Taro was undergoing maintenance.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/asia/us-coast-guard-pacific-islands-china-intl-hnk-ml/index.html | title=While China makes Pacific islands tour, US Coast Guard is already on patrol | website=CNN | date=2 June 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-assists-in-patrolling-solomon-islands-eez/2022/05/30/ | title=Coast Guard assists in patrolling Solomon Islands EEZ | Coast Guard News }}
Namesake
In 2010, Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was formerly the United States Coast Guard's most senior non-commissioned officer, proposed that all 58 cutters in the Sentinel class should be named after enlisted sailors in the Coast Guard, or one of its precursor services, who were recognized for their heroism. The Coast Guard chose Myrtle Hazard, their first female sailor, as the namesake of the 39th cutter. Hazard worked as a radio operator and electrician.
References
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/guam-coast-guard-receives-first-of-three-fast-response-cutters-planned-for-the-island-1.646378
| title = Guam Coast Guard receives first of three fast-response cutters planned for the island
| work = Stars and Stripes
| author = Wyatt Olson
| date = 2020-09-24
| access-date = 2020-09-24
| quote = The crew of the Myrtle Hazard sailed from Key West, Fla., to the cutter’s new homeport in Santa Rita, the Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday.
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{{Cite news
| url = https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-takes-delivery-of-fast-response-cutter-myrtle-hazard/2020/05/30/
| title = Coast Guard takes delivery of Fast Response Cutter Myrtle Hazard
| work = Coast Guard News
| date = 2020-05-30
| access-date = 2020-08-30
}}
{{cite news
| url = http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/voted-off-the-island-the-uscgs-deepwater-frc-program-03160/
| title = FRC Plan B: The Sentinel Class
| publisher = Defense Industry Daily
| date = May 2, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140707003537/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/voted-off-the-island-the-uscgs-deepwater-frc-program-03160/
| archive-date = July 7, 2014
| access-date = 2014-04-03
| url-status = live
| quote = All of these boats will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes, who distinguished themselves in USCG or military service. The first 25 have been named, but only 8 have been commissioned...
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{{cite news
| url = http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/22/enlisted-heroes-honored/
| title = Enlisted heroes honored
| publisher = United States Coast Guard
| author = Susan Schept
| date = March 22, 2010
| access-date = 2013-02-01
| archive-date = December 3, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111203173204/http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/22/enlisted-heroes-honored/
| url-status = live
| quote = After the passing of several well-known Coast Guard heroes last year, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles "Skip" Bowen mentioned in his blog that the Coast Guard does not do enough to honor its fallen heroes.
}}
{{cite news
|url = http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/502127/
|title = U.S. Coast Guard announces name for first Sentinel-class cutter
|date = March 22, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100325004004/http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/502127/
|archive-date = March 25, 2010
|url-status = dead
|access-date = 2013-02-01
|quote = Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, the cutter Bernard C. Webber will be the first of the service's new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter's name to allow this class of vessels to be named after outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services.
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{{cite news
|url = http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20161119_Coast_Guard_to_get__game_changer__cutter_to_save_lives_and_catch_criminals.html
|title = Coast Guard to get 'game changer' cutter to save lives and catch criminals
|publisher = Philadelphia Inquirer
|author = Jacqueline L. Urgo
|date = November 19, 2016
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004634/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20161119_Coast_Guard_to_get__game_changer__cutter_to_save_lives_and_catch_criminals.html
|archive-date = November 20, 2016
|url-status = live
|access-date = 2016-11-19
|quote = Although the cutter is far from luxurious, its crew quarters provide slightly more room and comfort than earlier models, with larger staterooms, more toilets and sinks, greater storage space, and DirecTV access in the mess areas.
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