USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal

USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal

USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal (WPC-1128) is a United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter (FRC) of the Sentinel class.

Commissioned July 25, 2018 and is the 28th of the series. USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal is stationed in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, in the Coast Guard's Fifth District. From South Carolina to New Jersey, the ship's patrol area will encompass 156,000 square miles (400,000 km2) of ocean, including several major mid-Atlantic ports and Washington, D. C..[1]

Namesake

Named after Damage Controlman 3rd class Nathan Bruckenthal, killed in action on April 24, 2004. Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors were killed while intercepting a waterborne suicide attack on an offshore oil terminal off the coast of Iraq in the northern Persian Gulf.[2] Bruckenthal was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device and the Purple Heart for his actions.

See also

References

  1. ^ Disco, Jetta (2018-06-25). "Coast Guard Commissions 28th Fast Response Cutter". dcms.uscg.mil. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  2. ^ "United States Coast Guard". www.uscg.mil. Retrieved 2024-01-18.

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