The Flagship of the Dominican Navy, transferred to the Navy by the USCG in 2001. It is used for coastal patrol, navigational aid maintenance, midshipman cruises, humanitarian assistance, naval training exercises, troop transport, and at sea refueling. It is armed with two M-2 0.50 caliber machine guns and two single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, but it can also be armed with two extra 0.50 cal. machine guns, two M-60 machine guns and one 3/50 (single) gun.