The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia's sixth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, is placed into service at a ceremony held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City as its commissioning crew stand at attention.
The cutter's namesake is Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Clarence Sutphin Jr., a New York native who served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1941 to 1945. During this time, Sutphin served as landing craft coxswain on board the attack transport USS Leonard Wood (APA 12), a landing craft supporting our troops in North Africa and Sicily.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower April 21, 2022
