Name USCGC Robert Yered Acquired November 17, 2012 Identification WPC-1104 Length 47 m Endurance 5 days 0 hours | Namesake Robert Yered Commissioned February 15, 2013 Launched 2 March 2012 Range 4.63 million m | |
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Operator United States Coast Guard Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
USCGC Robert Yered (WPC-1104) is a Sentinel-class cutter based in Miami, Florida. She was launched on November 23, 2012, and was commissioned on February 15, 2012. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Congressional Representative for the district containing the vessel's base, met the ship when she arrived in Miami on January 27, 2013.
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Design
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 Protector class she is equipped with a stern launching ramp. 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 mm (1 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.
Namesake
She is named after Engineman First Class Robert Yered of the U.S. Coast Guard, who put out a fire on an ammunition barge while assigned with a U.S. Coast Guard Explosive Loading Detachment at Cat Lai, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Yered was awarded a Silver Star by the U.S. Army for his heroism.