 USCGC Margaret Norvell, delivered to the USCG on March 21, 2013, and commissioned June 1, 2013.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Margaret Norvell |
| Namesake | Margaret Norvell |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | January 13, 2013 |
| Acquired | March 21, 2013[1] |
| Commissioned | June 1, 2013[2] |
| Homeport | Miami, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | True steady unfailing |
| 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) |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance | 5 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Cutter Boat – Over the Horizon RHIB |
| Complement | 4 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
| Armament |
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USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105) is the fifth Sentinel-class cutter, based at Miami, Florida.[3][4] She was launched on January 13, 2012, and delivered to the Coast Guard on March 21, 2013.[1][5][6][7] She was commissioned on June 1, 2013.[2][8][9] She was commissioned at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans, near where her namesake, Margaret Norvell, staffed a lighthouse for decades.
The Key News reported that Margaret Norvell was in Key West on April 2, 2013, finishing her outfitting.[10]
- ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Fifth Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
- ^ a b "Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell". Coast Guard News. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ "Fast Response Cutter: 154-foot Sentinel class". Coast Guard Outlook. 2012. p. 172. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
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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.
- ^ "Current U.S. and Canadian Shipbuilding Contracts". Marine Log. 2012-12-28. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16.
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"Bollinger Delivers the CGC Margaret Norvell the Fifth Fast Response Cutter to the USCG". Maritime Executive. 2013-03-26. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08.
The Coast Guard took delivery March 21, 2013 in Key West, Florida and is scheduled to commission the vessel in New Orleans, Louisiana in June, 2013.
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"Bollinger delivers fifth fast response cutter to the US Coast Guard". The Republic. 2013-03-26. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11.
Monday's announcement by Chris Bollinger, executive vice president of new construction, says the Margaret Norvell was delivered last week to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Florida, and will be stationed at USCG Sector Miami. It will be commissioned in New Orleans in June.
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"Bollinger Deliver Fifth Fast Response Cutter". Marine Link. 2013-03-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
The 154 foot patrol craft 'Margaret Norvell' is the fifth 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.
- ^ "Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell". Coast Guard News. 2013-05-30. Archived from the original on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
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Adam Linhardt (2013-04-03). "Newest, fastest cutters on the way: All 58 ships will pass through Key West, Coast Guard says". Key West: Key News. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.
The Miami-bound Margaret Norvell is in Key West right now being outfitted, Hagwood said.