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On 28 January 1915, the United States Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to form the present-day United States Coast Guard. [Note 2] A year later, on 1 February 1916, USCGC Miami was renamed USCGC Tampa just before the start of the annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Florida. [3] [6]
USCGC Greenbrier (WLR-75501), a diesel powered river tender built for the U.S. Coast Guard in 1990 USCGC Kankakee (WLR-75500) USCGC Greenbrier (WLR-75501)
USCGC Kathleen Moore is the ninth Sentinel-class cutter by Bollinger shipyards delivered to the United States Coast Guard. [3] She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for pre-commissioning testing, on 28 March 2014. [1] The first six cutters are home-ported in Miami, Florida. [4]
The first vessel Bollinger built became Bernard C. Webber, which is the first of 58 planned Sentinel-class cutters to be put into the U.S. Coast Guard fleet to replace their old 110 ft patrol boats (and their unseaworthy 123 ft cutters), starting with the first six based in Miami, then six in Key West, then six in Puerto Rico. [7]
USCGC Charles Sexton (WPC-1108) is the eighth Sentinel-class cutter, and the second to be based in Key West, Florida. [3] [4] She was delivered to the United States Coast Guard for a final evaluation and shakedown on December 10, 2013, [1] and the vessel was commissioned on March 8, 2014.
Two classes of purpose-built, rather than refitted mine planters, Coast Guard seagoing buoy tenders have been produced. The first was the 180 ft-class cutters, which were 180 feet (55 m) long. Thirty-nine of these vessels were built from 1942–1944. All but one were constructed in the shipyards of Duluth, Minnesota. The 180 fleet, many of ...
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The 6th of 14 Keeper-class cutters, the Joshua Appleby is one of the most advanced cutters currently in the United States Coast Guard's fleet. [citation needed] The Joshua Appleby is named in honor of Captain Joshua Appleby, Keeper of the Sand Key Lighthouse 1837–1846. [1] All 14 Keeper-class cutters are named after lighthouse keepers.