USCGC Charles David Jr. (WPC-1107)

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The Charles David Jr moors in Key West, shortly after commissioning.
History
Name: USCGC Charles David Jr (WPC-1107)
Namesake: Charles Walter David Jr.
Operator: United States Coast Guard
Builder: Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Sponsored by: Sharon David
Commissioned: November 16, 2013
Homeport: Key West, Florida
Motto: Steward of the Sea
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)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 4,300 kilowatts (5,800 shp)
  • 1 × 75 kilowatts (101 shp) bow thruster
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Endurance:
  • 5 days, 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
  • Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 × Over the Horizon - Jet
Complement: 4 officers, 20 crew
Sensors and
processing systems:		 L-3 C4ISR suite
Armament:

The USCGC Charles David Jr is the seventh Sentinel-class cutter.[1][2] Upon her commissioning she was assigned to serve in Key West, Florida, the first of six vessels to be based there.[3] She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for testing, on August 20, 2013. She was officially commissioned on November 16, 2013.[4]

Namesake

The vessel is named after Charles Walter David Jr., who served as a Steward's Mate 1st Class in the United States Coast Guard.[5][6][7] David was serving aboard the USCGC Comanche escorting a convoy that included the Dorchester. David was once of the Comanche crew members who volunteered to dive into the frigid waters to rescue exhausted crew and passengers from the Dorchester. David also rescued several other Comanche crew members, who grew exhausted.

Tragically, David came down with pneumonia after the exertion of the rescue, dying a few days later. He was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.[5]

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