USCGC Isaac Mayo (WPC-1112)
USCGC Isaac Mayo is a Sentinel class cutter homeported in Key West, Florida.[1][2]
She is the twelfth Sentinel class to be delivered, and the sixth of six to be assigned to Key West.
Like her sister ships, she is equipped for coastal security patrols, interdiction of drug and people smugglers, and search and rescue. Like the smaller Marine Protector class cutters she is equipped with a stern launching ramp.[3] The ramp allows the deployment and retrieval of her high speed water-jet powered pursuit boat without first coming to a stop. She is capable of more than 25 knots and armed with a remote controlled 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.
Operational history
On April 4, 2016, the Isaac Mayo intercepted a small boat with twenty-tw9 Cuban refugees on board.[4] The refugees had gone off course, and had entered Bahamas territory.
On December 9, 2021, the Isaac Mayo intercepted the US-flagged fishing boat Double E illegally engaged in shrimp fishing in a reserved zone near the Dry Tortugas.[5]
Namesake
She is named after Isaac Mayo, who served a surfman at a lifeboat station on Cape Cod.[2][6] Mayo was an employee of the United States Lifeboat Service, one of the precursor services that were amalgamated into the Coast Guard.
References
- ↑ "Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Commissions 12th Fast Response Cutter". United States Coast Guard. 2015-03-30. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214134952/https://www.uscg.mil/Acquisition/newsroom/updates/frc033015.asp. Retrieved 2016-02-27. "The Coast Guard commissioned Isaac Mayo, the 12th fast response cutter and sixth to be based in Key West, Florida, March 28, 2015."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bob Lind (2016-02-25). "Coast Guard cutter named after ND farmer who was also East Coast seaman". Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331163440/http://www.inforum.com/variety/3955296-neighbors-coast-guard-cutter-named-after-nd-farmer-who-was-also-east-coast-seaman. Retrieved 2016-02-27. "In March 2015, a Coast Guard cutter named Isaac Mayo was commissioned in Key West, Fla. It was named for a man who had two widely different jobs in two widely different areas: He was a seaman on the Atlantic Ocean and a farmer in North Dakota."
- ↑ Alfonso Chardy (2012-10-18). "Coast Guard unveils its newest cutter; base will be Miami Beach". Miami Herald (Miami, Florida). Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2F2012%2F10%2F18%2F3055376%2Fcoast-guard-unveils-its-newest.html&date=2012-11-12.
- ↑ Mia Whylly (2016-04-05). "34 Cubans apprehended over the weekend". The Freeport News. http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/News/34-Cubans-apprehended-over-the-weekend. Retrieved 2016-04-05. "“Early yesterday morning U.S. officials on-board USCG Cutter Isaac Mayo handed over an additional 22 Cuban migrants to Bahamas Immigration officers at the Lucayan Harbour,” informed the local immigration officer."
- ↑ "Coast Guard Stops Suspected Illegal Fishing Harvest Off Key West". Homeland Security Today. 2021-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210134346/https://www.hstoday.us/uscg/coast-guard-stops-suspected-illegal-fishing-harvest-off-key-west/. "Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo’s law enforcement crew detained a U.S. – flagged fishing vessel Saturday for suspected shrimp fishing in the Dry Tortugas shrimp sanctuary during an annual closure period."
- ↑ Stephanie Young (2010-10-27). "Coast Guard Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoastguard.dodlive.mil%2F2010%2F10%2Fcoast-guard-heroes%2F&date=2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
