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that caused $ 250,000 in damage to her aft strut gearing assembly (and killed the whale) soured the Coast Guard's hopes for her use. It was continually noted in reports that her operation was more like that of an airplane than a ship, particularly her wiring systems which were similar to the wiring
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only managed 305.2 hours of operating time, including only 71.6 hours of foil-borne time. In March 1978, she suffered a transmission failure and the nail in her coffin was the deterioration of her turbine. The only solution to the latter problem was to replace the turbine, and the cost of that was
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was Lt. Terrance Hart, USCG. Two days later, she transited from Boston to Woods Hole. She was under the operational control of the First
District and the plan was to have her operate as a "normal district resource." It was thought that such use would permit comparison of her capabilities to the
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was sand blasted, plumbing repaired and electrical system being checked. The original turbine was in place but without diesel motor and water pump for standard operation. Was for sale ($ 30,000.00) and bought by company in
Arkansas. Where vessel is located and condition is now unknown.
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prohibitive. The Coast Guard decided to decommission her due to "the high cost of repairs and the fact that the CG feels sufficient information has been gained from the E.P. ." During this period of inoperability, she was located at the Coast Guard's aids to navigation station in
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Hydrofoil Test and Evaluation Team, under guidance from the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, which was formed on 15 August 1974 and remained in existence until 6 May 1975. The Coast Guard commissioned
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were too mechanically complex for the repair facilities in
Vietnam, and as a result were ultimately withdrawn from combat. Upon her return to the U.S. in 1970, she was assigned to the Amphibious Forces of the
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operations, fisheries enforcement, and marine environmental protection. The Coast Guard, of course, looked for the most inexpensive way to test new platforms and when the Navy offered the use of some of their
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where she participated in numerous readiness trials and training exercises and was also used as a test-bed for various craft subsystems, such as the Navy's
Advanced Hydrofoil Development Program.
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used in aircraft. Concerns about weight, habitability, fuel consumption, and overall costs were also prevalent. Her evaluation period ended on 18 February 1975 and she was returned to the Navy.
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Her use this time, however, was more problematic than the first testing period in 1974. She continually suffered mechanical breakdowns, including problems with her
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