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That is a US Coast Guard Hamilton-class High Endurance Cutter.
According to Wikipedia, those tubes are Harpoon launchers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Mellon_(WHEC-717)
Launching Harpoon:
Edited by GIB 14 Aug `08, 9:54AM
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Originally posted by GIB:
That is a US Coast Guard Hamilton-class High Endurance Cutter. According to Wikipedia, those tubes are Harpoon launchers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Mellon_(WHEC-717)Thanks for the info, that's very interesting to know.
Do they use those harpoons on colombians drug runners or vessels with Illegal aliens?
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Originally posted by VODKA KE0601:
Thanks for the info, that's very interesting to know.
Do they use those harpoons on colombians drug runners or vessels with Illegal aliens?
You can read the history of the ship below:
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history2.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history3.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history4.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history5.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history6.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcMellon/history7.asp
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