HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ WPC 1114

Ship Name and Designation History

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Sentinel Class Cutter Keel Laid - Launched 30 July 2015 USCGC HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ WPC 1114 Commissioned (Special) 17 July 2015 Commissioned (Full) 16 October 2015

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USPS Type 9 San Juan PR

2015-10-16

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Fireman Heriberto S. "Ed" Hernandez, USCG (23 July 1948 - 5 December 1968).
Hernandez was a fireman on board a Point Class cutter, the USCGC Point Cypress WPB-82326, during the War in Vietnam. He was killed in the course of a reconnaissance mission on the Rach Nang River when his fiberglass boat came under automatic weapons fire from a riverside bunker operated by the Viet Cong. Hernandez, along with the other two crew members, was hit by several rounds. Although brought back aboard the Point Cyprus, Hernandez was declared dead soon after. He received a Bronze Star with Combat "V" device and the Purple Heart Medal posthumously.

 

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