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Her crew lines the rail and salutes during the Donald Horsley's commissioning.

The USCGC Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) is the United States Coast Guard's 17th sentinel class cutter. She is the fifth of a cohort of six to be home-ported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

namesake

Chip Bowen, when he was the Coast Guard's most senior enlisted seaman, successfully proposed that all the vessels in the Sentinel class should be named after enlisted members of the Coast Guard, or its precursor services, who had been recognized for their bravery.

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