The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sanibel (WPB 1312), a 110-foot Island-class Patrol Boat from Woods Hole, Mass., patrols the Portland Harbor as part of security measures for Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff's visit. Chertoff was at the Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal to address waterway security in and around Portland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs Specialist 3rd Class Luke Pinneo)
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Blue Shark (WPB 87360) arrives at its new homeport of Everett, Wash., after an extensive three month underway period. Blue Shark consists of 10 coast guard members who left Louisiana in March to make their way around the country to arrive at Naval Station Everett. The vessel will be commissioned this August 2005. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jacob J. Kirk)
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tampa (WMEC 902) transits the Hudson River during the parade of ships for Fleet Week 2011. Fleet Week has been New York City's celebration of the sea services since 1984. It is an opportunity for citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see first-hand, the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric S. Garst/Released)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) gets underway for the Parade of Ships during the 62nd annual Seattle Seafair Fleet Week as the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Cuttyhunk (WPB 1322) transits nearby. Seafair activities allow U.S. and Canadian sailors and Coast Guard personnel to experience the local community and to promote awareness of the maritime forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane/Released)
The United States Coast Guard sea-going buoy tender USCGC Oak (WLB 211) gets underway from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba. Oak was at GTMO to perform repairs and maintenance on the naval station's navigational buoys. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bill Mesta/Released
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) arrives in Souda Harbor to pick up supplies Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Dallas will transport supplies transport as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) heads to sea with a load of supplies. The supplies are part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The assistance will aid in alleviating human suffering in the Republic of Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman (WHEC 720) leaves the White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa pier to begin its participation in exercise Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2006. SEACAT is a weeklong at-sea exercise designed to highlight the value of information sharing and multi-national coordination with participating navies during practical maritime interception training opportunities. USCGS Sherman is homeported in Alameda, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Journalist Melinda Larson
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tampa (WMEC 902) passes near Ft. Monroe in Hampton, Va., as she makes her way out to the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason R. Zalasky)
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) pulls into Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to take on fuel and stores, March 2. Bear is deployed to conduct counter narco-terrorism and migrant operations in the Caribbean region. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay is the logistical hub for all U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and Allied vessels and aviation platforms operating in the U.S. 4th Fleet's Caribbean region. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elisha Dawkins)
The CGC Boutwell transits home to Alameda, Calif., after a two-month long Eastern-Pacific patrol. The 378-foot long, high endurance cutter's missions include law enforcement, migrant interdiction and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson)
The CGC Boutwell transits home to Alameda, Calif., after a two-month long Eastern-Pacific patrol. The 378-foot long, high endurance cutter's missions include law enforcement, migrant interdiction and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, stationed in Alameda, Calif., transfers over custody of the Lu Rong Yu 6007 fishing vessel to the Chinese Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) here on Thursday. The crew from the Boutwell boarded the vessel while deployed as U.S. Coast Guard representatives in the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum (NPCGF). This six-nation forum consisting of China, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Russia, and the U.S., was developed to prevent high seas drift net fishing as well as illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jonathan R. Cilley)
The Coast Guard Cutter Taney hosts a memorial ceremony Dec. 7, 2009, commemorating the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack Dec. 7, 1941. Out of the 101 U.S. fighting ships present in Hawaiian waters on the day of the attack, the Taney is the only one afloat today. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell)
The Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin sits pier side Friday morning March 20, 2009 as the crew prepares to bring it into dry dock for needed repairs. The Coast GuardÕs Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic Area awarded a ship repair contract to a Charleston shipyard to conduct extensive repair work to the cutters Dallas and Gallatin. The shipyard will address areas of significant deterioration in the hull structures, bulkheads and decks, machinery foundations, and others ship systems. Late last year Coast Guard inspectors and technical experts found extensive structural and habitability deficiencies on both ships that were so bad the ships were temporarily taken offline. These repairs will restore watertight and structural integrity to areas of the ships suffering from excessive corrosion. Additional work to other areas and systems will allow the ships to return to full operation. (Coast Guard photo/ PA1 Bobby Nash)
The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in San Francisco, conducts a security patrol while the USS Carl Vinson sailed in formation for the Fleet Week Parade of Ships, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Fleet Week is a week long event that celebrates both the domestic and international maritime services. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Aspen is the eighth cutter built in the new Juniper Class Sea Going Buoy Tender fleet. She was built at Marinette Marine Corp in 2000-2001, launched on April 21, 2001, accepted by the Coast Guard on September 28, 2001, and commissioned on January 24, 2002. ASPEN is one of the most technologically advanced cutters in the Coast Guard fleet. Aspen is homeported in San Francisco, Ca. Her crew compliment is 34 enlisted and 7 officers. ASPEN is responsible for over 100 aids in her area of responsibility, stretching from the Oregon-California border down south to San Diego. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Johnson)
Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) a 378 feet high endurance cutter patrols the waters of off Kodiak Alaska. MELLON is the third of the Coast Guard's Hamilton class High Endurance Cutters. MELLON was commissioned in 1968 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. MELLON was named after Andrew W. Mellon, the 49th Secretary of the Treasury, who served during the administration of President Herbert Hoover, from 1921-1932. Her first homeport for many years was Honolulu, Hawaii, but in the early 90's MELLON transferred to Seattle, Washington. (USCG photo by PA1 Keith Alholm)
Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) a 378 feet high endurance cutter patrols the waters of off Kodiak Alaska. MELLON is the third of the Coast Guard's Hamilton class High Endurance Cutters. MELLON was commissioned in 1968 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. MELLON was named after Andrew W. Mellon, the 49th Secretary of the Treasury, who served during the administration of President Herbert Hoover, from 1921-1932. Her first homeport for many years was Honolulu, Hawaii, but in the early 90's MELLON transferred to Seattle, Washington. (USCG photo by PA1 Keith Alholm)
USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726) on anti-terrorism patrol in Elliott Bay, near the Space Needle, and the Seattle, Washington Skyline. (Photo by Scott Dittberner)
