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
