Commissioning Donald Horsley.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Donald Horsley |
Namesake | Donald Horsley |
Operator | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
Launched | March 5, 2016 |
Acquired | March 5, 2016[1] |
Commissioned | May 20, 2016[2] |
Homeport | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Motto | Facere inferna (Raise hell) |
Status | in active service |
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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) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon OTH-IV |
Complement | 4 officers, 20 crew |
Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
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USCGC Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) is the United States Coast Guard's 17th Sentinel-class cutter. She was commissioned on May 20, 2016.[2][3] She was the fifth of a cohort of six FRCs home-ported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In 2010, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, the U.S. Coast Guard's senior enlisted person at the time, lobbied for the new Sentinel-class cutters to be named after enlisted Coast Guardsmen, or personnel from its precursor services, who had distinguished themselves by their heroism.[4][5][6] Donald R. Horsley rose to the rank of Master Chief, retiring with eleven service stripes, indicating 44 years of service. He served in three wars, and received multiple awards for valor.[7][8]