USCGC Pablo Valent (WPC-1148) is a cutter of the United States Coast Guard station at St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the 48th vessel of her class to enter service and is named after Chief Boatswain's Mate Pablo Valent, who rescued the crew of the schooner Cape Horn during the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane while part of the United States Life-Saving Service.
Construction Like all vessels of her class, Pablo Valent was constructed at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana at a cost of roughly $65 million. Her keel was laid in late 2021, and she was delivered to the United States Coast Guard in March 2022. The vessel has an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of . She displaces roughly with a maximum speed of . She has a service range of nearly and is crewed by a complement of 24 personnel. Her propulsion is provided by two MTU diesel engines for a total of . She also features a stern-launch ramp for the vessels Short Range Prosecutor rigid inflatable boat. She is armed with a single Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm autocannon and four crew operated .50-caliber M2 machine guns. All vessels of the class incorporate C4ISR systems for enhanced command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Service Since her commissioning in early 2022, she has been stationed at St. Petersburg under U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. She is responsible for providing law enforcement, search-and-rescue (SAR), environmental protection, and drug interdiction missions. Her operating range includes of Florida's west coast as well as the Port of St. Petersburg, one of the largest and busiest ports in the United States. She also patrols Florida's inland water ways and coastal fisheries. She is the first Sentinel-class cutter to be stationed at St. Petersburg and is the 13th vessel of the class to be stationed in Florida.
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