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The USCGC ''Charles W. Sexton'' is the eighth , and the second to be based in Key West, Florida.〔 〕〔 〕 She was delivered to the United States Coast Guard for a final evaluation and shakedown on December 10, 2013, and she was officially commissioned on March 8, 2014. ==Design== The Sentinel-class cutters were designed to replace the shorter Island-class patrol boats.〔 ''Charles Sexton'' is with a remote-control 25 mm Bushmaster autocannon and four, crew-served M2HB .50-caliber machine guns. It has a bow thruster for maneuvering in crowded anchorages and channels. It also has small underwater fins for coping with the rolling and pitching caused by large waves. It are equipped with a stern launching ramp, like the and the eight failed expanded Island-class cutters. It has a complement of twenty-two crew members. Like the Marine Protector class, and the cancelled extended Island-class cutters, the Sentinel-class cutters deploy the Short Range Prosecutor Rigid-hulled inflatable (SRP or RHIB) in rescues and interceptions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Short Range Prosecutor (SRP) )〕 According to ''Marine Log'', modifications to the Coast Guard vessels from the Stan 4708 design include an increase in speed from , fixed-pitch rather than variable-pitch propellers, stern launch capability, and watertight bulkheads. ''Charles Sexton'' has an overall length of , a beam of , and a displacement of . Its draft is and it has a maximum speed of over . The Sentinel-class cutters have endurances of five days and a range of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fast Response Cutter )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USCGC Charles Sexton (WPC-1108)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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