Namesake Winslow W. Griesser Commissioned March 11, 2016 Launched 28 December 2015 | Acquired December 23, 2015 Homeport San Juan, Puerto Rico Length 47 m | |
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Name USCGC Winslow W. Griesser Operator United States Coast Guard Builder Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C. | ||
USCGC Winslow W. Griesser (WPC-1116) was the sixteenth Sentinel-class cutter to be delivered. She will be the fourth of six Sentinel-class vessels to be stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Bollinger shipyards delivered her to the United States Coast Guard, in Key West, Florida, on December 23, 2015. After she completed her acceptance trials, she was commissioned on March 11, 2016.
Namesake
Like all the vessels in her class Winslow W. Griesser is named after an individual from the Coast Guard's past who has been recognized as a hero. Winslow W. Griesser was the keeper of the United States Lifesaving Service's Buffalo Station, in 1900. When he and his crew ventured out in stormy weather to rescue the crew of two scows they saw had overturned, their own surfboat overturned. Nevertheless, Griesser and a companion tried to swim out, with a tow rope, to rescue survivors who were clinging tenuously to a pile. Griesser's companion was injured, and Griesser continued, alone. He reached the pile, and with great difficulty did rescue the sole remaining survivor. Griesser received a gold lifesaving medal to recognize his exceptional bravery in this rescue.