USCGC Isaac Mayo

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USCGC Isaac Mayo (WPC-1112)
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USCGC Isaac Mayo
History
Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svgUnited States
Namesake Isaac Mayo
Builder Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
LaunchedJanuary 13, 2015
AcquiredJanuary 13, 2015 [1]
CommissionedMarch 28, 2015 [2]
HomeportKey West, FL
Identification
MottoThe will to serve, courage to protect
Statusin active service
Badge USCGC Isaac Mayo (WPC 1112) CoA.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type Sentinel-class cutter
Displacement353 long tons (359  t)
Length46.8 m (154 ft)
Beam8.11 m (26.6 ft)
Depth2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 4,300 kW (5,800 shp)
  • 1 × 75 kW (101 shp) bow thruster
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Endurance
  • 5 days, 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
  • Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
Boats & landing
craft carried
1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB
Complement2 officers, 20 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
L-3 C4ISR suite
Armament

USCGC Isaac Mayo is a Sentinel-class cutter homeported in Key West, Florida. [1] [3] She is the twelfth Sentinel class to be delivered, and the sixth of six to be assigned to Key West.

Contents

Like her sister ships, she is equipped for coastal security patrols, interdiction of drug and people smugglers, and search and rescue. Like the smaller Marine Protectorclass she is equipped with a stern launching ramp. [4] The ramp allows the deployment and retrieval of her high speed water-jet powered pursuit boat without first coming to a stop. She is capable of more than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and armed with a remote controlled 25 millimetres (0.98 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.

Operational history

On April 4, 2016, Isaac Mayo intercepted a small boat with twenty-two Cuban refugees on board. [5] The refugees had gone off course, and had entered Bahamas territory.

Namesake

She is named after Isaac Mayo, who served a surfman at a lifeboat station on Cape Cod. [3] [6] Mayo was an employee of the United States Life-Saving Service, one of the precursor services that were amalgamated into the Coast Guard.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Acquisition Update: 12th Fast Response Cutter Delivered To Coast Guard" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. "Coast Guard commissions Key West's sixth fast response cutter". Coast Guard News. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  3. 1 2 Bob Lind (2016-02-25). "Coast Guard cutter named after ND farmer who was also East Coast seaman". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-27. In March 2015, a Coast Guard cutter named Isaac Mayo was commissioned in Key West, Fla. It was named for a man who had two widely different jobs in two widely different areas: He was a seaman on the Atlantic Ocean and a farmer in North Dakota.
  4. Alfonso Chardy (2012-10-18). "Coast Guard unveils its newest cutter; base will be Miami Beach". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13.
  5. Mia Whylly (2016-04-05). "34 Cubans apprehended over the weekend". The Freeport News. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-05. “Early yesterday morning U.S. officials on-board USCG Cutter Isaac Mayo handed over an additional 22 Cuban migrants to Bahamas Immigration officers at the Lucayan Harbour,” informed the local immigration officer.
  6. Stephanie Young (2010-10-27). "Coast Guard Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-04-20.