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U.S.
Coast Guard commissions first Sentinel class Fast Response Cutter Homeported
in Key West, FL |
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The
Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. was commissioned at Coast Guard
Sector Key West, Fla., Nov. 16, 2013. The cutter Charles David Jr. is
the first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter to be homeported in Key
West and is capable of conducting missions such as ports, waterways
and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law
enforcement, search and rescue, and national-defense operations. U.S.
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney. |
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The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. was commissioned at Coast Guard
Sector Key West, Fla., Nov. 16, 2013. The cutter Charles David Jr. is
the first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter to be homeported in Key
West and is capable of conducting missions such as ports, waterways
and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law
enforcement, search and rescue, and national-defense operations. U.S.
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney.
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The Sentinel
Class FRCs are designed to conduct maritime drug interdiction, alien
migrant interdiction, search and rescue, national defense, homeland
security, living marine resources and other Coast Guard missions. This
class of patrol boat is capable of deploying independently to execute
Coast Guard missions and prevent potential threats from approaching
our shores and offers vastly improved capabilities over the aging 110-foot
Island class patrol boats it replaces. The FRC is part of the Coast
Guard's layered approach to maritime security that includes the National
Security Cutter and the Offshore Patrol Cutter. |
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The U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter Charles David, Jr. (WPC 1107),
moors at Mallory Square for public tours. The cutter's commissioning
ceremony, sponsored by the Key West Navy League Commissioning Committee,
is Nov. 16. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class
Brian Morales/ Released
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Coast
Guard Cutter Charles W. David, Jr., homeported in Key West, is 154-feet
long, has a beam of 25-feet, and a maximum sustained speed of more than
28 knots. The Charles David is armed with a stabilized 25mm machine-gun
mount and four crew-served .50-caliber machine guns.
The cutter’s namesake is Steward’s Mate First Class Charles
W. David, Jr. David enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1941 and was assigned
to the Coast Guard Cutter Comanche. The night of Feb. 3, 1943, the Comanche
was on convoy duty in the North Atlantic Ocean when it was called to
the aid of the U.S. Army transport USAT Dorchester, which had been torpedoed
by an enemy submarine and was quickly sinking. |
