Famous Cutter Class
270-Foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
Tacoma Boat was established in 1926 and built high-performance boats in WWII. It grew rapidly in the 70s and early 80s but got into difficulty with several large government contracts and filed for Chapter 11 protection in 1985. It emerged from bankruptcy in 1986 but could not recover and closed in 1992. The facility, which was at 1840 Marine View Drive, was liquidated in 1998. Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode Island, Inc., or REDRI, was established by Bob Derecktor on the former destroyer base in Middletown in 1979: it closed in 1992. Derecktor's main yard in Mamaroneck NY and its new yard in Bridgeport CT continued.
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| Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Unit | Ordered | Comm | Decomm |
| BEAR | WMEC 901 | Tacoma Boatbuilding | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 23 Aug 1979 | 04 Feb 1983 | |
| TAMPA | WMEC 902 | Tacoma Boatbuilding | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 16-Mar-84 | ||
| HARRIET LANE | WMEC 903 | Tacoma Boatbuilding | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 20-Sep-84 | ||
| NORTHLAND | WMEC 904 | Tacoma Boatbuilding | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 17-Dec-84 | ||
| SPENCER | WMEC 905 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Boston, MA | LANTAREA | 28-Jun-86 | ||
| SENECA | WMEC 906 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Boston, MA | LANTAREA | 04-May-87 | ||
| ESCANABA | WMEC 907 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Boston, MA | LANTAREA | 27-Aug-87 | ||
| TAHOMA | WMEC 908 | Derecktor Rhode Island | New Bedford, MA | LANTAREA | 28 Jun 1983 | 06 Apr 1988 | |
| CAMPBELL | WMEC 909 | Derecktor Rhode Island | New Bedford, MA | LANTAREA | 19 Aug 1988 | ||
| THETIS | WMEC 910 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Key West, FL | LANTAREA | 30-Jun-89 | ||
| FORWARD | WMEC 911 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 04-Aug-90 | ||
| LEGARE | WMEC 912 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Portsmouth, VA | LANTAREA | 04-Aug-90 | ||
| MOHAWK | WMEC 913 | Derecktor Rhode Island | Key West, FL | LANTAREA | 23-Jul-90 | ||
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