 Charles David Jr moors in Key West, shortly after commissioning.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Charles David Jr |
| Namesake | Charles Walter David Jr. |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | August 17, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Sharon David |
| Acquired | August 17, 2013[1] |
| Commissioned | November 16, 2013[2] |
| Homeport | Key West, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Steward of the Sea |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _CoA.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) |
| Endurance |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Over the Horizon - Jet |
| Complement | 1 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
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USCGC Charles David Jr is the seventh Sentinel-class cutter.[3][4] Upon her commissioning she was assigned to serve in Key West, Florida, as the first of six vessels to be based there.[5] She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for testing, on August 17, 2013.[1] She was officially commissioned on November 16, 2013.[2][6]
- ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Seventh Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions first Key West-based Fast Response Cutter". Coast Guard News. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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"Bollinger Shipyards delivers seventh Sentinel Class cutter". Lockport, Louisiana: Marine Log. 2013-08-20. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
The 154-foot patrol craft Charles David Jr. is the seventh vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program. To build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. It has a flank speed of 28 knots, state of the art command, control, communications and computer technology, and a stern launch system for the vessels 26 foot cutter boat. The FRC has been described as an operational "game changer," by senior Coast Guard officials.
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Keith Magill (2013-08-20). "Bollinger delivers latest Coast Guard cutter". Daily Comet. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
The 154-foot Charles David Jr. was delivered Friday to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Fla., where it will be commissioned in November.
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Rhonda Carpenter (2012-11-05). "Coast Guard Commissions Third Fast Response Cutter, William Flores". Defense Media Network. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.
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.
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Sean Kinney (2013-11-13). "First of six new Keys Coast Guard cutters is commissioned Saturday". Key News. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
With commissioning set for Saturday of the fast-response cutter Charles David Jr., U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West will take the first step in a two-year overhaul of the locally homeported fleet.