USCGC Heriberto Hernandez (WPC-1114){{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Commissioning the USCGC Heriberto Hernandez (WPC 1114) -- 2015 10 16.jpg | Ship caption=Heriberto Hernandez was commissioned in San Juan on 16 October 2015
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header | Ship country= United States | United States|coast guard}} | Ship name= | Ship namesake=Heriberto Hernandez | Ship operator= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=July 30, 2015 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=July 30, 2015[1] | Ship commissioned=October 16, 2015[2] | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=San Juan, Puerto Rico | 338926414}}- Callsign: NDOB
- Hull number: WPC-1114
| Ship motto= Valor sin temor (Valor without fear) | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status={{Ship in active service}} | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Sentinel|cutter|3|boat}} | Ship type= | 353|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} | 46.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 8.11|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draft= | 2.9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship power= | 4300|kW|shp|abbr=on}}- 1 × {{convert|75|kW|shp|abbr=on}} bow thruster
| Ship sail plan= | 28|kn}} | Ship range= | 2500|nmi|abbr=on}}- Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
| Ship boats=1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB | Ship complement=2 officers, 20 crew | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=L-3 C4ISR suite | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm automatic gun- 4 × Browning M2 .50 cal machine guns
- Various small arms
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[ Like five of her sister ships, her initial assignment will see her based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[4]]The Coast Guard decided to design all its new cutters, even its smallest, to be able to accommodate mixed sex crews. The Sentinels, and the smaller {{sclass2-|Marine Protector|cutter|5}}s, have berthing areas of various sizes, to make this possible. A Sentinel's complement is 22, and they are armed with a 25 mm Bushmaster autocannon, that can operated remotely, and four crew-served fifty caliber Browning machine guns. The cutters are equipped with a sophisticated modern sensor suite, that can share data with other vessels. The Sentinel class is equipped with a stern launching ramp, that can deploy and retrieve the vessel's 7-meter high-speed jet-boat, even when the vessels are underway. Only a single crewmember is required to remain on deck to deploy or retrieve the jet-boat.
Heriberto Hernandez was commissioned in her home port, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 16, 2015.[2][6]Namesake
Like all of the cutters of her class she is named after someone who served in the Coast Guard, or one of its three precursor services, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, the United States Lighthouse Service or the United States Lifeboat Service, who was recognized for their heroism.[4]
Heriberto Hernandez lost his life when he was a fireman on board a {{sclass2-|Point|cutter|1}}, {{USCGC|Point Cypress}}.[ Point Cypress was patrolling a river in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, when he died. He received a posthumous Bronze Star for valor.]
References
1. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/frc073015.asp|title=Acquisition Update: 14th Fast Response Cutter Delivered To Coast Guard|publisher=United States Coast Guard|date=2015-07-31|accessdate=2015-07-31}}
2. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-cutter-heriberto-hernandez-commissioned-in-san-juan/2015/10/16|title=Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez commissioned in San Juan|publisher=Coast Guard News|date=2015-10-16|accessdate=2015-10-16}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/voted-off-the-island-the-uscgs-deepwater-frc-program-03160/| title = FRC Plan B: The Sentinel Class| publisher = Defense Industry Daily| author = | date = 2014-05-02| page = | location = | isbn = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140707003537/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/voted-off-the-island-the-uscgs-deepwater-frc-program-03160/| archivedate = 2014-07-07| accessdate = 2014-04-03| deadurl = No | quote = All of these boats will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes, who distinguished themselves in USCG or military service. The first 25 have been named, but only 8 have been commissioned...}}
4. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Coast-Guard-s-newest-cutter-named-for-Kennedy-6574938.php| title = Coast Guard’s newest cutter named for Kennedy High School hero| publisher = San Antonio Express News| author = Sig Christenson| date = 2015-10-16| page = | location = | isbn = | accessdate = 2015-10-16| quote = }}