Phoro: Sister ship, the Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), delivered on Oct. 22, 2020, and commissioned on Jan. 21
Below is an Atlantic Area news release. USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) is the 42nd Webber class WPC and is expected to be one of the first two of six to join PATFORSWASIA, replacing six 110 foot WPBs currently homeported in Bahrain.
U.S. Coast Guard to commission 42nd Fast Response Cutter
Key West, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s second Sentinel-class cutter, into service at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Due to COVID mitigation, in-person attendance is limited. Anyone interested in viewing the ceremony livestream may do so at http://bit.ly/WPC1412Com, clicking on the image at the top, or by clicking here. Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, deputy commandant for operations, U.S. Coast Guard, will preside over the 42nd Sentinel-class cutter ceremony. Mrs. Eleanor Goldman is the ship’s sponsor. The Robert Goldman is the second of six FRCs planned for service in Manama, Bahrain. The cutter is named after Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Robert Goldman, remembered for heroic and selfless actions as a member of the joint forces serving in the Pacific theater during World War II. The Coast Guard took delivery of Robert Goldman on Dec. 21, 2020, in Key West. They will transit to Bahrain later this year with their sister ship, the Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), delivered on Oct. 22, 2020, and commissioned on Jan. 21, in Portsmouth, Virginia. |
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Anyone know how they are getting the WPCs over there? I know the original WPBs were deck loaded on a ship and they returned 6 of them in an escort on their own bottom.
Based on comments during the SOTCG earlier today, they (the 2 WPCs) will be escorted to the Med by CGC Hamilton, and presumably transit together (without Hamilton) from there to Bahrain. Hamilton will be deploying iso EUCOM, so it will presumably be staying in the Med and not going all the way to Bahrain.
The economy of Bahrain is heavily dependent upon oil and gas. The Bahraini currency is the second-highest-valued currency unit in the world. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has heavily invested in the banking and tourism sectors. The country’s capital, Manama is home to many large financial structures. Bahrain’s finance industry is very successful. In 2008, Bahrain was named the world’s fastest growing financial center by the City of London’s Global Financial Centres Index. Bahrain’s banking and financial services sector, particularly Islamic banking, have benefited from the regional boom driven by demand for oil. Petroleum production is Bahrain’s most exported product, accounting for 60% of export receipts, 70% of government revenues, and 11% of GDP. Aluminium is the second most exported product, followed by finance and construction materials.
The economy of Bahrain is heavily dependent upon oil and gas. The Bahraini currency is the second-highest-valued currency unit in the world. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has heavily invested in the banking and tourism sectors. The country’s capital, Manama is home to many large financial structures. Bahrain’s finance industry is very successful. In 2008, Bahrain was named the world’s fastest growing financial center by the City of London’s Global Financial Centres Index. Bahrain’s banking and financial services sector, particularly Islamic banking, have benefited from the regional boom driven by demand for oil.Petroleum production is Bahrain’s most exported product, accounting for 60% of export receipts, 70% of government revenues, and 11% of GDP. Aluminium is the second most exported product, followed by finance and construction materials.
So, if Bahrain, the UAE, the House of Saud are so wealthy beyond belief, why can’t they build their own Coasts Guards to provide security in their home waters. Why must we commit our limited resources and manpower (not sorry wokies) to protect their home waters, and the vessels that sail thru them?
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia both have fairly impressive naval forces. PATFORSWA is not there to protect Bahrain, UAE, or Saudi Arabia. They do a couple of things. They provide force protection for US forces transiting the Persian Gulf and they teach best practices to navies and coast guard type forces in SW Asia and NE Africa.
They really need to paint those Mk38 mounts white. The ‘haze gray’ really clashes.
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Also, Chuck the link to log in with a twitter account isn’t functioning
The Mk38 mounts are Navy owned. You might have noticed CIWS are also painted gray. Not sure we are allowed to repaint them.
Sorry about the twitter sign in. That must be a WordPress problem, since I did nothing to set it up in the first place.