The USCGC Richard Etheridge is the second of the United States Coast Guard's Sentinel-class cutters. Like most of her sister ships she will replace a Island-class patrol boat. The Richard Etheridge was launched in August 2011. The vessel was officially delivered to the Coast Guard on May 26, 2012, at Key West, Florida, and will be commissioned into service in Port Everglades, Florida, on August 3, 2012. The Richard Etheridge, and the first and third vessels in the class, the , and the , will all be based in Miami, Florida.