 USCGC Benjamin Dailey after sunset in Key West, Florida
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Benjamin Dailey |
| Namesake | Benjamin Baxter Dailey |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Sponsored by | Pamela Dailey Sawey |
| Acquired | April 20, 2017[1] |
| In service | July 4, 2017 |
| Stricken | September 6, 2022 |
| Homeport | Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Audentes Fortuna Iuvat, "Fortune Favors the Bold" |
| Nickname(s) | Big Ben |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| Status | Arrived for scrapping at Brownsville, Texas |
| Badge | _color.jpg) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance | 5-8 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon Interceptor Small boat callsign: Baxter |
| Complement | 4 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
| Armament |
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USCGC Benjamin Dailey (WPC-1123) was the United States Coast Guard's 23rd Sentinel-class cutter.[2][3][4] She was the first cutter of her class stationed in the Coast Guard's Eight District, with a homeport in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The vessel's manufacturer, Bollinger Shipyards, of Lockport, Louisiana, delivered the ship to the Coast Guard, in Key West, on April 20, 2017, for final outfitting and crew training.[1][2][3][4]
USCGC Benjamin Dailey was commissioned at a ceremony held in Pascagoula, Mississippi on July 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Accepts 23rd Fast Response Cutter" (Press release). 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
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