USCGC Charles David (WPC-1107)

The USCGC Charles David will be the seventh, scheduled to serve in Key West, Florida upon her commissioning. She was delivered to the Coast Guard, for testing, on August 20, 2013. She will be the first of six vessels homeported in Key West, Florida. She is scheduled to be officially commissioned in November 2013.

Namesake
The vessel is named after Charles Walter David Jr., who served as a Steward's Mate 1st Class in the United States Coast Guard. David was serving aboard the USCGC Comanche escorting a convoy that included the USAT Dorchester. David was once of the Comanche crew members who volunteered to dive into the frigid waters to rescue exhausted crew and passengers from the Dorchester. David also rescued several other Comanche crew members, who grew exhausted.

Tragically, David came down with pneumonia after the exertion of the rescue, dying a few days later. He was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.