East Coast MilGov Naval assets 2001

[Olefin]

I wanted to start a new thread specifically to discuss East Coast MilGov naval assets based on the canon material that is out there - to make it more accessbile for anyone searching for this info instead of on the other threads that have discussed this

The canon that I used is the following:

A Rock In Troubled Waters, Challenge Magazine 42

Going Home

Last Submarine

I know there are at least two other canon sources but I dont presently have them

Inland Waterway Challenge Magazine (not sure of the issue)

Rifle River, Challenge Magazine 39

These ships are in commission, armed and crewed - fuel is short but they have sortied recently and are active duty ships

Per the canon here is what I found so far

Norfolk -

Forrest Sherman class DD's USS Manley (DD 940), USS Blandy (DD 943) (Troubled Waters)

Spruance class John Hancock (Going Home)

SSN Corpus Christi (Last Submarine) - assumed she returns to Norfolk after the events in Boomer

Cape May

Forrest Sherman class DD USS Bigelow (DD 942)

USS Hyman Rickover - formely the Barkentine Gazela Primeiro - and considered the best duty at Cape May - crack crew with high morale - used as a coastal patrol boat looking for Russian or pirate vessels

Length: 177 ft. overall, 140 ft. on deck, 133 ft. on the waterline
Height: 94 ft. from the deck
Width: 26 ft. at maximum beam
Draft: approx. 17 ft.
Tonnage: 652 deadweight, 299 gross

armed with a 3"/54 deck gun, two pintle mount M2 MG, two pintle mount Mk19 AGL, two 81mm mortars, crew of 28

She is used as a patrol ship and can operate under power or under sail and her commander is Commander Beckly a former nuclear sub commander - and no I have no idea why he is not in Last Submarine

USCGC Confidence (WMEC-619) - her armament was supplemented with a Mk75 turret mounting a 76mm gun in the early 90's

4 PCF inshore patrol craft - modified off-shore drilling support vessels, mounting twin 50's and a 40mm AGL

one ocean going tug

two Cape May/Lewes ferries

two LCM 6 turned into monitors - taken from the amphib base at Norfolk and modified to add boiler plate armor and available weaponry - forward turret with two 20mm Vulcans from wrecked fighters, a 20mm or 25mm autocannon and a 40mm AGL, bucket amidships with a 81mm mortar and two 7.62mm MG, rear turrets carrying either twin 50's or a 40mm GL and a 5.56mm minigun

two LCM 6 turned into Armored Troop Carriers - lack the forward turret and the midship bucket of the monitors - 20 men can be carried or eight tons of cargo

eight patrol boats Riverine - four with salil/motor , four with motor

one 10,000 ton tanker, immobile used for fuel storage

plus a civilian fleet of 120 fishing boats, 14 large motorized, 21 large sail, 85 small sail - large being over 50 tons, small being under 15 tons

there are also small aerial detachments as well

according to the article if the gold is found in Armies of the Night the Bigelow is what would have been called in to help in retrieval and fire support

If you want the article it can be downloaded for only $2.24 - the only T2000 article is that one but its a very good one if you have campaigns in the Delaware to NJ area and inland to Lancaster PA - has a wealth of information on that area and its canon - written by Adam Giebel


Does anyone have other info from canon articles for this thread?