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The USCGC ''Kathleen Moore'' is the ninth Sentinel-class cutter Bollinger shipyards delivered to the United States Coast Guard.〔 〕 She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for pre-commissioning testing, on March 28, 2014. The first six cutters are home-ported in Miami, Florida.〔 The second six cutters, including the ''Kathleen Moore'', will be home-ported in Key West, Florida. The 58 cutters will replace the Island class cutters, and together with the smaller Marine Protector class cutters, will perform the Coast Guard's main offshore patrol duties. ==Design== The Sentinel-class cutters were designed to replace the shorter Island-class patrol boats.〔 ''Kathleen Moore'' 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. ''Kathleen Moore'' 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 Kathleen Moore (WPC-1109)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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