USCGC Jacob Poroo
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo 171205-G-QU455-041.jpg | Ship caption = Jacob Poroo on Patrol }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} | Ship name = Jacob Poroo | Ship namesake = Jacob Poroo | Ship operator = United States Coast Guard | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = September 5, 2017{{cite web|access-date=January 24, 2024|date=September 7, 2017|title=USCG receives Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Jacob Poroo|url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2017/09/07/uscg-receives-fast-response-cutter-uscgc-jacob-poroo/|work=Naval Today}} | Ship commissioned = November 8, 2017 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Pascagoula, Mississippi{{cite web|access-date=January 24, 2024|title=Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo|url=https://www.news.uscg.mil/Doing-Business/Photos/igphoto/2001861979/|work=United States Coast Guard News}} | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|338926425}}
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USCGC Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125) is the 25th {{sclass2|Sentinel|cutter|0}} cutter. She is homeported in Coast Guard District 8, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Design
Like her sister ships, she is designed to perform multiple missions, including interception of drug smuggling, coastal security, and search and rescue. She and her sisters are meant to replace the older 1980s-era Island-class patrol boats. Her equipment includes advanced command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and a cutter deployment ramp to intercept other vessels.
Namesake
She is named after Hospital Corpsman Jacob Poroo who died in a fire at the LORAN station he was at in Adak, Alaska. He escaped from the fire along with other men stationed there, but returned when he heard screaming coming from inside. After he returned with burns, a head count indicated no one was missing. Despite this, he taught uninjured men how to care for the ones who were injured. He died sixteen days later on June 18, 1968, from his injuries.{{cite web|access-date=January 25, 2024|date=2018|title=Bollinger Delivers the USCGC Jacob Poroo to the USCG - The 25th Fast Response Cutter|url=https://www.bollingershipyards.com/news/bollinger-delivers-the-uscgc-jacob-poroo-to-the-uscg-the-25th-fast-response-cutter/|work=Bollinger Shipyards}}
References
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