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The USCGC ''Margaret Norvell'' (WPC-1105) will be the fifth , scheduled to serve in Miami, Florida upon her commissioning.〔 〕〔 〕 She was launched on January 13, 2012, and delivered to the Coast Guard in March 21, 2013.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 She was commissioned on June 1, 2013.〔 〕〔 〕 She was commissioned at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans, near where her namesake staffed her lighthouse for decades. The vessel is named after Margaret Norvell, who served as a lighthouse keeper for the United States Lighthouse Service, from 1891 to 1932.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 The ''Key News'' reported that the ''Margaret Norvell'' was in Key West on April 2, 2013, finishing her outfitting.〔 〕 ==Design== The Sentinel-class cutters were designed to replace the shorter Island-class patrol boats.〔 ''Margaret Norvell'' 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. ''Margaret Norvell'' 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 Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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