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USCGC Joseph Tezanos

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Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, the cutter Bernard C. Webber will be the first of the service's new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter's name to allow this class of vessels to be named after
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the LST 20 was near a cataclysmic explosion among vessels loaded with ammunition that posed a grave risk of setting off the explosives in other vessels. Tezanos led a crew of volunteers that took a boat dangerously close to the conflagration, and rescued over forty survivors.
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Last weekend, the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos (WPC-1118) offloaded 2,513 pounds of cocaine and transferred custody of three suspected smugglers to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents in San Juan, Puerto
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outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services.
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After the passing of several well-known Coast Guard heroes last year, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles "Skip" Bowen mentioned in his blog that the Coast Guard does not do enough to honor its fallen
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The United Coast Guard says it seized nearly 2,000 pounds of marijuana with a street value of more than US$ 3.5 million during an exercise in the Caribbean Sea. It said six smugglers had been detained.
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All of these boats will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes, who distinguished themselves in USCG or military service. The first 25 have been named, but only 8 have been commissioned...
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several miles outside of San Juan harbor. Leading a flotilla of federal, territorial, commercial, and Good Samaritan vessels, the plankowner crew of
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sailors in the Coast Guard, or one of its precursor services, who were recognized for their heroism. The Coast Guard chose
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as the namesake of the 18th cutter. Tezanos enlisted in the Coast Guard after the breakout of
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was the on-scene coordinator for the rescue of the burning cruise ferry
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seized a large shipment of illegal drugs from a 30 feet (9.1 m) "
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Just days before being commissioned into active service,
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Stephanie Young, William H. Thiesen (January 16, 2014).
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were seized, together with $ 25 million worth of
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crew mans the rail during the commissioning ceremony.
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18th Sentinel-class cutter, United States Coast Guard
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2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
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Joseph Tezanos
United States Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards
Lockport, Louisiana
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hull number
Sentinel-class
cutter
long tons
t
bow thruster
Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon
Mk 38 Mod 2
Browning M2 machine guns
United States Coast Guard
Sentinel-class cutter
sister ships
search and rescue
port security
M2 Browning machine guns
stern launching ramp
go-fast
Loiza, Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
cocaine
marijuana
Charles "Skip" W. Bowen
non-commissioned officer
enlisted

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