USCGC Jacob Poroo

USCGC Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125) is the 25th Sentinel-class cutter. She is homeported in Coast Guard District 8, Pascagoula, Mississippi.^[2]

Jacob Poroo on Patrol
History
United States
Name	Jacob Poroo
Namesake	Jacob Poroo
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Acquired	September 5, 2017[1]
Commissioned	November 8, 2017[2]
Homeport	Pascagoula, Mississippi[2]
Identification	MMSI number: 338926425 Callsign: NRIS Hull number: WPC-1125
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Sentinel-class cutter
Displacement	353 long tons (359 t)[3]
Length	154 ft (47 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	9.5 ft (2.9 m)
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 Interceptor
Complement	4 officers, 20 enlisted
Armament	1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm automatic gun 4 × crew-served Browning M2 machine guns

Design

Like her sister ships, she is designed to perform multiple missions, including interception of drug smuggling, coastal security, and search and rescue. She and her sisters are meant to replace the older 1980s-era Island-class patrol boats. Her equipment includes advanced command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and a cutter deployment ramp to intercept other vessels.^[3]

Namesake

She is named after Hospital Corpsman Jacob Poroo who died in a fire at the LORAN station he was at in Adak, Alaska. He escaped from the fire along with other men stationed there, but returned when he heard screaming coming from inside. After he returned with burns, a head count indicated no one was missing. Despite this, he taught uninjured men how to care for the ones who were injured. He died sixteen days later on June 18, 1968, from his injuries.^[4]