USCGC William Flores

USCGC William Flores (WPC-1103) is a Sentinel-class cutter homeported in Coast Guard District 7, Miami, Florida.

[3][4][5] Like her sister ships, she is equipped for coastal security patrols, interdiction of drug and people smugglers, and search and rescue.

[4] The ramp allows the deployment and retrieval of her high speed water-jet powered pursuit boat without first coming to a stop.

She is capable of more than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and armed with a remote controlled 25 millimetres (0.98 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon; and four crew-served Browning M2 machine guns.

[citation needed] She is named after Seaman Apprentice William Ray Flores who died during the sinking of USCGC Blackthorn.