 Pre-commissioning photo of the future
USCGC Richard Etheridge, moving to another mooring as her final equipment is added. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Richard Etheridge |
| Namesake | Richard Etheridge |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | August 18, 2011 |
| Acquired | May 26, 2012[1] |
| Commissioned | August 3, 2012[2] |
| Identification |
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| Motto | In behalf of humanity |
| 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 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
| Armament |
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USCGC Richard Etheridge is the second of the United States Coast Guard's Sentinel-class cutters. Like most of her sister ships she replaced a 110-foot (34 m) Island-class patrol boat. Richard Etheridge was launched in August 2011.[3]
The vessel was officially delivered to the Coast Guard on May 26, 2012, at Key West, Florida,[1] and was commissioned into service in Port Everglades, Florida, on August 3, 2012.[2][4]
Richard Etheridge, and the first and third vessels in the class, Bernard C. Webber, and William Flores, are all based in Miami, Florida.[5]
Like the other ships of her class, Richard Etheridge is named after an enlisted member of the Coast Guard.
- ^ a b "Second Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions 2nd Fast Response Cutter at Port Everglades". Coast Guard News. 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
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"Bollinger Built Fast Response Cutter Undergoes Sea Trials". Maritime Executive. 2011-12-06. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. 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.
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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.
- ^ "Acquisition Update: Second Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter Contract Option Awarded". United States Coast Guard. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2011-12-13.