A US Coast Guard vessel Mellon, a high endurance cutter, moored up at the US Coast Guard Station Seattle
A US Coast Guard vessel moored up at the US Coast Guard Station, Seattle Station, Seattle is the Headquarters for the US Coast Guard's and USCG Sector Seattle, which oversees the Cutters, ATON Teams and VTS services in it's area of responsibility. USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) is a U. S. Coast Guard high endurance cutter based out of Seattle, Washington. Laid down July 25, 1966 at Avondale Shipyards near New Orleans, Louisiana. Named for Andrew W. Mellon the 49th Secretary of the Treasury from 1921-1932 and launched February 11, 1967 by Mrs. John W. Warner Jr. sponsor and granddaughter of Andrew Mellon. Mellon was commissioned January 9, 1968. Received FRAM upgrades from 1985 to 1989. Mellon was the first and only USCG cutter to be fitted with the Harpoon missile, test firings were also conducted in January 1990. She also received an anti-submarine warfare suite including the AN/SQS-26 sonar and Mark 46 torpedoes. The ASW suite and Harpoon capability were removed due to fiscal constraints, but served as a proof of capability for all USCG cutters. The USCGC Mellon is a High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, Washington. The cutter Mellon was designed to perform each of the Coast Guard’s missions, which include search and rescue, defense operations, law enforcement, and environmental protection. The Mellon conducts Alaskan fishery patrols, enforcing international and domestic fishing requirements. Mellon patrols the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, the Eastern Pacific down to South America.
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Location: US Coast Guard Station, 1519 Alaskan Way S., Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98134-1192
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: boat, cutter, moored, seattle, vessel
