The commissioning crew of the USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr . ( WPC 1147 ), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia ’ s sixth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter , stand at attention as the ship is placed into service at a ceremony held at the Intrepid Sea , Air and Space Museum in New York , April 21 , 2022 .
U . S . Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Schultz
THE U . S . COAST GUARD commissioned the Coast Guard Cu�er Clarence Sutphin Jr . ( WPC 1147 ), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia ’ s ( PATFORSWA ) sixth 154-foot Sentinel-class cu�er , into service at the Intrepid Sea , Air and Space Museum in New York City , Thursday . Vice Adm . Steven Poulin , U . S . Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander , presided over the ceremony .
The cu�er ’ 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 a�ack transport USS Leonard Wood ( APA 12 ), a landing craft supporting our troops in North Africa and Sicily .
In November 1941 , just weeks before the Japanese a�ack on Pearl Harbor , 18-year-old Sutphin enlisted in the United States Coast Guard . He was born in 1923 and grew up in Valley Stream , Long Island . At Central High School , he wrestled and played football and baseball ; however , he enjoyed sailing and fishing and worked as a deckhand on fishing smacks and pleasure boats . After enlisting , Sutphin
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