Pablo Valent

Pablo Valent (January 15, 1892 – September 5, 1969) was an American Coast Guardsman best known for his part in the rescue of the crew of the Cape Horn in 1919.

Originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, Valent joined the United States Life-Saving Service in 1912 and spent the bulk of his service at the Coast Guard station in Brazos, Texas.

During the hurricane which made landfall outside Corpus Christi in September 1919, Valent was part of a Coast Guard crew credited with the rescue of the endangered schooner Cape Horn.

In 1935, Valent took command of the Coast Guard station in Port Isabel, Texas. In 1938 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt made an unannounced stop at Port Isabel aboard his yacht Potomac, Valent and two of his men patrolled the surrounding waters during the night in a 36-foot lifeboat while two U.S. Navy destroyers stood watch further offshore. Valent retired in 1940 and went into business with his brother. In 1944, he was appointed to the Brownsville, Texas housing authority board.

Valent Hall, a facility at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi, is named after Valent.