Alex Haley, 2000 (WMEC 39)

April 14, 2020
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Alex Haley, 2000 (WMEC 39); formerly the USS Edenton


USCGC Alex Haley is a United States Coast Guard cutter and former United States Navy vessel that was recommissioned for Coast Guard duty on 10 July 1999. It was first entered service as USS Edenton, an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship on 23 January 1971. 


Length: 283′

Construction Started: March 28, 1967

Launched: May 15, 1968

Commissioned: 23 March 1971

Decommissioned: 29 March 1996 (US Navy)

Commissioned, US Coast Guard: 10 July 1999

Homeport: Kodiak, Alaska