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| Name | USCGC Winslow W. Griesser (WPC-1116) |
| Namesake | Winslow W. Griesser |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | December 23, 2015 |
| Acquired | December 23, 2015[1] |
| Commissioned | March 11, 2016[2] |
| Homeport | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Status | in active service |
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| Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
| Displacement | 353 long tons (359 t) |
| Length | 46.8 m (154 ft) |
| Beam | 8.11 m (26.6 ft) |
| Depth | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × Short Range Prosecutor RHIB |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
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The USCGC Winslow W. Griesser (WPC-1116) was the sixteenth Sentinel-class cutter to be delivered.[3][4] She will be the fourth of six Sentinel-class vessels to be stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[5] Bollinger shipyards delivered her to the United States Coast Guard, in Key West, Florida, on December 23, 2015.[1] After she completed her acceptance trials, she was commissioned on March 11, 2016.[2]
Namesake
Like all the vessels in her class the Winslow W. Griesser is named after an individual from the Coast Guard's past who has been recognized as a hero.[6][7] Winslow W. Griesser was the keeper of the United States Lifesaving Service's Buffalo Station, in 1900.[8] 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.[9] 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.
References
- ^ a b "Acquisition Update: Sixteenth FRC Delivered To Coast Guard" (Press release). United States Coast Guard. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions newest fast response cutter, Winslow Griesser, in San Juan, Puerto Rico". Coast Guard News. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
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"Bollinger Delivers The CGC Winslow Griesser, The 16th Fast Response Cutter To The USCG - Wednesday, December 23, 2015". Bollinger shipyards. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
The 154 foot patrol craft WINSLOW GRIESSER is the 16th vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program.
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"Coast Guard accepts delivery of fast response cutter Winslow Griesser". Coast Guard News. 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
Fourteen FRCs are in service: six in Miami; six in Key West, Florida; and two in San Juan. The 15th FRC, the Joseph Napier, was delivered in October and is scheduled for commissioning in San Juan in January 2016.
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Stephanie Young (2010-10-27). "Coast Guard Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
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"Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Unveils Names of FRCs 16-25". US Coast Guard. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
The Coast Guard recently announced the names of 10 Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (WPCs 1116-1125) through a series of posts on its official blog, the Coast Guard Compass. Like the first 15 ships in the class, each ship will honor a Coast Guard enlisted hero.
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"Bollinger delivers FRC Winslow Griesser". Marine Log. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
Winslow W. Griesser, Keeper of the Buffalo Life-Saving Station in New York, was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal on February 23, 1901 for his heroic actions during a dramatic rescue on November 21, 1900.
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Christopher Havern (2014-01-14). "Coast Guard Heroes: Winslow W. Griesser". US Coast Guard. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
Once on the beach Griesser saw that a man from one of the scows was hanging onto a pile. As use of a boat was impracticable, Griesser decided to swim out with a line accompanied by a surfman.
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