Jessica07
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| 29 Apr 2010 06:30 PM |
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In the spirit of Cooch's thread on 378' High Endurance Cutters, what can you all tell me about Medium Endurance Cutters?
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| 29 Apr 2010 06:51 PM |
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Jessica, for the most part, they are the same. The biggest difference will be where they are ported, and the lenth of the patrol schedule. For a 270', they usually go out for 6-8 weeks, and are home the same amount of time. For 210's, they uually do about a 6 week patrol. Macie can offer you some more insight as well, since her son is on a 270' out of Boston (the greatest city on the planet).
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| 29 Apr 2010 06:52 PM |
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Oh, and 270's are only on the East coast.
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Jessica07
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| 29 Apr 2010 06:54 PM |
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Ok, thanks for the info.
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| 29 Apr 2010 07:18 PM |
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Off the top of my head, here are where the 270's are located:
- Kittery, Maine
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- Key West, Florida
I know that I'll miss a few spots where the 210's are located, so someone will have to help me out.
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Cape May, New Jersey
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Panama City, Florida (at least I think)
- Pascagoula, Mississippi (I think)
- Galveston,Texas
- Astoria, Oregon
Are there any in Port Angeles, Washington? I know that I probably skipped at least one location though.
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| 29 Apr 2010 08:58 PM |
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lol.....of course there is a 282' classified as a wmec located in kodiak. last i checked that wasn't east coast!!!
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| 29 Apr 2010 09:13 PM |
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There's also a 213' WMEC in Alaska as well, at least for a little longer.<!-- Edit --> Last Edited : 4/29/2010 10:14:36 PM GMT |
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Cooch
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| 30 Apr 2010 12:16 AM |
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jen899193 said...lol.....of course there is a 282' classified as a wmec located in kodiak. last i checked that wasn't east coast!!!
Gimme a break Jen, I said 270's!!! 
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| 30 Apr 2010 12:22 AM |
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haha.....well where else would you put the only 282' in the fleet? can't classify it as a 378' and it is ONLY 12'. lol
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| 30 Apr 2010 12:24 AM |
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I'm impressed that I did as well as I did with the home ports. That was all off the top of my noggin. The 270 website has a typo though. The Campbell and Tahoma should be Kittery, Maine, which is right across the river from Portsmouth, NH. I have some friends on the Tahoma. I believe I missed the Warrenton, Oregon port though. We can't all be perfect like MK's.
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| 30 Apr 2010 12:51 AM |
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The confusion is probably because they dock at the old Navy base which is called Naval Station Portsmouth, even though it's on the Maine side of the border. |
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| 30 Apr 2010 01:47 AM |
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The 270's have been selected for Unitas Patrols. They are special patrols that allow the crews to work alongside our neighboring countries. I spent 4 months circumnavigating S. America on just such a patrol.
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| 30 Apr 2010 02:42 AM |
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wepprop said...
The confusion is probably because they dock at the old Navy base which is called Naval Station Portsmouth, even though it's on the Maine side of the border. That makes a lot of sense. It's all pretty much the same area. The cool thing is that on the NH side, you don't pay state sales tax! Woohoo!!!!
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