USCGC Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101)
 Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber underway | |
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| Name: | USCGC Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101) |
| Namesake: | Bernard C. Webber |
| Operator: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched: | April 2011 |
| Commissioned: | April 14, 2012 |
| Homeport: | Port of Miami, Florida |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sentinel-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 353 long tons (359 t) |
| Length: | 46.8 m (154 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.11 m (26.6 ft) |
| Depth: | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
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| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
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| Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems: | L-3 C4ISR suite |
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The USCGC Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101) is the first of the United States Coast Guard's Sentinel-class cutters.[1] Like most of her sister ships, she replaced a 110 foot (34 m) Island-class patrol boat.
History
The Bernard C. Webber was launched in April 2011.[2] She commenced her sea trials on November 27, 2011. She arrived in her homeport of Miami, Florida, on February 6, 2012.[3][4] She was commissioned on April 14, 2012, at the Port of Miami, Miami, Florida.
The Bernard C. Webber, and the next five vessels in the class, the Richard Etheridge, the William Flores, the Robert Yered, the Margaret Norvell, and the Paul Clark, will all be based in Miami, Florida.[5]
Namesake
Like the other ships of her class the Bernard C. Webber is named after a heroic enlisted member of the Coast Guard.[1] Bernard C. Webber was coxswain of the 36-foot wooden Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 that ventured out in 60-foot seas to rescue men from the stricken tanker SS Pendleton that had broken in two during a Winter storm off Chatham, MA in February 1952. [6] The rescue of the survivors of the shipwrecked Pendleton is considered one of the most daring rescues of the United States Coast Guard.[7]
The story of the Pendleton rescue has been made into a motion picture entitled The Finest Hours.
Motto
The ship's motto is ”Determination heeds no interference.”.[8]
References
- 1 2 Stephanie Young (2010-10-17). "Coast Guard heroes: Bernard C. Webber". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ↑ "Bollinger Built Fast Response Cutter Undergoes Sea Trials". Maritime Executive. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
The vessel, now known as BERNARD C. WEBBER, was launched on April 21 and first got underway on November 27th to begin builder’s trials. The builder’s trials will include pier side and underway machinery and equipment tests including propulsion, command control and navigation. After successful builder’s trials WEBBER will prepare for acceptance trails by the Coast Guard, prior to its January 2012 delivery.
mirror - ↑ "New Coast Guard cutter steams into Miami". Miami Herald. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
- ↑ Rhonda Carpenter (2012-11-05). "Coast Guard Commissions Third Fast Response Cutter, William Flores". Defense Media Network. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04.
The first six FRCs for District 7 will be homeported in Miami; the next six in Key West; and the remaining six in Puerto Rico.
- ↑ "Acquisition Update: Second Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter Contract Option Awarded". United States Coast Guard. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ↑ Webster, Captain W. Russell. "The Pendleton Rescue". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Pendleton Rescue". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ Erik Ackerson (2012-10-26). "Fast Response Cutter Visits St. Thomas". St John: St John Source. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08.
Ship Commander Herb Eggert said, “We can expect the occasional visit by the new FRC’s out of San Juan and Miami as assignments in this area are intelligence driven.”
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