Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration

[Saithan]

Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration​

by Ridzwan Rahmat



The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden administration.

The news was disclosed by US Vice-President Kamala Harris during her visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, on 25 August.

The CSBV operates a fleet of two ex-Hamilton-class cutters that were previously in service with the US Coast Guard. The first vessel, which has been renamed CSB-8020, was handed over to Vietnam in May 2017 while the second ship, CSB-8021, arrived in the country in July 2021.

Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration

The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden...

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Philippines were hoping to get another of these vessels under a grant, but I am sure that US is trying to curry favours with different regional countries to somehow gain an influence of sorts. Especially considering that PH is already ad odds with China, and since PH is already receiving and buying US may have thought it's better to score some points with Vietnam than PH.

 

[Saithan]

Former Coast Guard cutter en route to Vietnam​

July 7, 2021 —

The ex-John Midgett, a Hamilton-class high endurance cutter, departs Hawaii on its way to Vietnam. Now known as CSB-8021, the cutter left Seattle June 1, 2021, and is due to arrive in Vietnam around July 10. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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The ex-John Midgett, one of the Coast Guard’s last three Hamilton-class high endurance cutters, departed Seattle June 1 for its new home in Vietnam through an Excess Defense Articles (EDA) transfer. Now known as CSB-8021, the cutter will join CSB-8020, which was transferred to Vietnam in May 2017. The vessel is scheduled to arrive around July 10.

Official transfer of the ex-John Midgett to the Vietnam Coast Guard occurred Aug. 14, 2020. In the interim, an eight-week dry dock repair and maintenance availability was completed at Lake Union Shipyard in Seattle and 88 Vietnam Coast Guard crewmembers were trained in the vessel’s use and maintenance. The normal transfer schedule was extended because of COVID-related international travel delays. The overhaul work, equipment, technical assistance and training is valued at around $17 million.

The ex-John Midgett was named for Chief Warrant Officer John Allen Midgett Jr., who served nearly 40 years in the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the Coast Guard. He is one of five Midgett family members to receive the Gold Lifesaving Medal. The cutter served in both domestic and international theaters. The Coast Guard continues to recognize the Midgett family’s history of distinguished service through the name of the eighth national security cutter – Midgett – commissioned in Honolulu in 2019.

This is the 10th transfer of a high endurance cutter (WHEC) through the Coast Guard Office of International Acquisition; the first occurred in 2011. An 11th WHEC, ex-Douglas Munro, is slated for transfer to Sri Lanka in fall 2021. WHECs are being replaced by the NSCs, nine of which are already in service.

In total, 137 vessels have been delivered to 32 countries through the EDA program since 1998, including motor lifeboats, tenders, patrol boats, and medium and high endurance cutters. In addition to helping build and sustain global maritime partnerships in support of the Coast Guard’s national maritime strategy, EDA transfers also help the service avoid the cost of disposing of these vessels, an avoidance totaling $150.4 million since 1998.

Former Coast Guard cutter en route to Vietnam

The ex-John Midgett, one of the Coast Guard’s last three Hamilton-class high endurance cutters, departed Seattle June 1 for its new home in Vietnam through an Excess Defense Articles (EDA) transfer.

www.dcms.uscg.mil

 

[Saithan]

Type	High endurance cutter
Displacement	3,250 metric tons
Length	378 ft (115 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power	2 × 550KW GM 8-645 diesel generators 1 × 500KW Solar Model 101506-2001 gas generator
Propulsion	CODOG system 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines generating 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) and 2 × Pratt & Whittney FT4A-6 gas turbines producing 36,000 hp (27,000 kW)
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi)
Endurance	45 days
Complement	167 and can carry up to 186
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40E Air Search Radar AN/SPS-78 Surface Search Radar AN/WLR-1H Electronic Support Surveillance Equipment MK 92 Fire Control System TACAN
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × MK 36 SRBOC launcher system
Armament	1 × OTO Melara Mark 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × 25 mm Mk38 1 × MK 15 Block 1 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 6 × .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-65 Helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and Hangar

Hamilton-class cutter - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The endurance and range is pretty impressive tbh. @Anmdt do you know if this vessel is economic ? I'm no engineer so can't tell from the engine specs and such

 

[Stacon]

Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration​

by Ridzwan Rahmat



The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden administration.

The news was disclosed by US Vice-President Kamala Harris during her visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, on 25 August.

The CSBV operates a fleet of two ex-Hamilton-class cutters that were previously in service with the US Coast Guard. The first vessel, which has been renamed CSB-8020, was handed over to Vietnam in May 2017 while the second ship, CSB-8021, arrived in the country in July 2021.

Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration

The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden...

www.janes.com

Philippines were hoping to get another of these vessels under a grant, but I am sure that US is trying to curry favours with different regional countries to somehow gain an influence of sorts. Especially considering that PH is already ad odds with China, and since PH is already receiving and buying US may have thought it's better to score some points with Vietnam than PH.

What an important deal for the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

...and in Vietnamese, it's "Cảnh sát biển Việt Nam", just fixing typos.