USCGC Benjamin Bottoms
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Benjamin Bottoms |
| Namesake | Benjamin A. Bottoms |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Commissioned | May 1, 2019[1] |
| Homeport | San Pedro, California |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _CoA.jpg) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sentinel-class cutter |
| 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance | 5 days |
| 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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USCGC Benjamin Bottoms (WPC-1132) is the 32nd Sentinel-class cutter built for the United States Coast Guard. She is the fourth of four Fast Response Cutters homeported in San Pedro, California.[1]
Operational history[edit]
On July 15, 2021, Benjamin Bottoms, along with Munro and Haddock, were diverted to extinguish a boat fire on the Relentless, seven miles west of Carlsbad, California.[2]
Namesake[edit]
Benjamin Bottoms is named after Benjamin A. Bottoms, who died in November 1942 while attempting to rescue the crew of a crashed USAAF bomber. He was assigned on a Grumman J2F-4 Duck floatplane as the radioman, and after receiving a radio message that a B-17 crashed, and accompanied pilot John A. Pritchard to search for the downed plane. The pilot spotted the crashed bomber, and landed it as close to the wreak as possible. They were able to assist two of the injured crew back to their plane and back to the USCGC Northland. On their second trip, the plane encountered bad weather, causing the plane to crash, killing both men.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Coast Guard commissions 32nd fast response cutter". May 2, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ "US Coast Guard Responds To Boat Fire Near Carlsbad, California". Baird Maritime. July 16, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ Havern, Christopher B.; Thiesen, William H. (December 2, 2022). "The Long Blue Line: Benjamin Bottoms—Arctic aviator, wartime hero served with Lt. John Prichard". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
