USCGC Joseph Napier
Country of origin
United States
United States
ManufacturerBollinger Shipyards
USCGC Joseph Napier is a Sentinel-class cutter homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
She is the fifteenth Sentinel class to be delivered, and the third of six to be assigned to Puerto Rico. She was commissioned on 29 January 2016.
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 millimetres (0.98 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.
She is the fifteenth Sentinel class to be delivered, and the third of six to be assigned to Puerto Rico. She was commissioned on 29 January 2016.
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 millimetres (0.98 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.
