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USCGC Paul Clark

American Sentinel-class cutter

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	USCGC Paul Clark -h.jpg
image_caption	Paul Clark underway.
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United States
flag
name	USCGC Paul Clark
namesake	Paul Clark
operator	United States Coast Guard
builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
launched	January 13, 2012
acquired	May 18, 2013
commissioned	August 24, 2013
out_of_service	2018
homeport	Miami, Florida
identification	*
motto	Courage valor confidence
status
badge	[[File:USCGC Paul Clark (WPC 1106) CoA.jpg	150px]]
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	cutter
displacement	353 LT
length	46.8 m
beam	8.11 m
depth	2.9 m
propulsion	*2 × 4300 kW
*1 × {{convert	75	kW	shp	abbr	on}} bow thruster
speed	28 kn
endurance	*5 days, 2500 nmi
boats	1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB
complement	2 officers, 20 crew
sensors	L-3 C4ISR suite
armament	*1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm automatic gun

Callsign: NAAD
Hull number: WPC-1106
1 × 75 kW bow thruster
Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
4 × crew-served Browning M2 machine guns USCGC Paul Clark (WPC-1106) is the sixth cutter. Like the previous five vessels of her class she is homeported in Miami, Florida. |archive-date = 2013-03-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130324131813/http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/coast-guard-commissions-third-fast-response-cutter-william-flores/ |url-status=dead She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for testing, on May 18, 2013. |access-date = 2013-05-31 |archive-date = 2013-05-31 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130531223345/http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/29636?c=maritime_port_security |url-status=dead

Operational history

On September 13, 2013 the vessel repatriated 66 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas. Four migrant boats had been intercepted by small Coast Guard vessels in four separate operations over the preceding days. Their passengers and crew were transferred to the larger Paul Clark for repatriation to Cuba.

"Our main concern is the safety of life at sea...Attempting to cross the Florida Straits in a homemade raft or vessel is inherently dangerous" explained Coast Guard Captain Mark Fedor.

Namesake

The vessel is named after Paul Leaman Clark, who served as a fireman in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Clark was a landing boat engineer attached to {{USS|Joseph T. Dickman||} } during the allied assault on a beach in French Morocco when the craft's two other crew members were wounded by a Luftwaffe fighter. Clark took command of the craft, took the wounded crew members to for medical care and then returned to his duties as a beachmaster, directing disembarkation activity. For his courage he was awarded the Navy Cross. |archive-date = 2012-09-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120903063630/http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/11/coast-guard-heroes-paul-leaman-clark/ |url-status=dead

References

(2013-05-21). "Acquisition Update: Sixth Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard". United States Coast Guard.
(2013-08-23). "Coast Guard to commission Miami's final fast response cutter". Coast Guard News.

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