USCGC Margaret Norvell
USCGC Margaret Norvell, delivered to the USCG on March 21, 2013, and commissioned June 1, 2013. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Margaret Norvell |
| Namesake | Margaret Norvell |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Launched | January 13, 2013 |
| Acquired | March 21, 2013 |
| Commissioned | June 1, 2013 |
| Homeport | Miami, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Motto | True steady unfailing |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 × Cutter Boat – Over the Horizon RHIB |
| Complement | 4 officers, 20 crew |
| Sensors & processing systems | L-3 C4ISR suite |
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USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105) is the fifth Sentinel-class cutter, based at Miami, Florida. She was launched on January 13, 2012, and delivered to the Coast Guard on March 21, 2013. She was commissioned on June 1, 2013. She was commissioned at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans, near where her namesake, Margaret Norvell, staffed a lighthouse for decades.
The Key News reported that Margaret Norvell was in Key West on April 2, 2013, finishing her outfitting.