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The USCGC ''Richard Etheridge'' is the second of the United States Coast Guard's s. Like most of her sister ships she will replace a . The ''Richard Etheridge'' was launched in August 2011.〔 (mirror ) 〕 The vessel was officially delivered to the Coast Guard on May 26, 2012, at Key West, Florida, and was commissioned into service in Port Everglades, Florida, on August 3, 2012.〔 〕 The ''Richard Etheridge'', and the first and third vessels in the class, the , and the , will all be based in Miami, Florida.〔 〕 Like the other ships of her class the ''Richard Etheridge'' is named after a heroic enlisted member of the Coast Guard. On March 18, 2014, the ''Richard Etheridge'' landed 1500 pounds of illicit drugs captured as part of Operation Martillo.〔 〕 ==Design== The Sentinel-class cutters were designed to replace the shorter Island-class patrol boats.〔 ''Richard Etheridge'' 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. ''Richard Etheridge'' 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 Richard Etheridge (WPC-1102)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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