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Coast Guard cutter Acushnet crew visits Kodiak 

 

August 26, 2005
Friday


The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet arrives in Kodiak today for a short visit. Crew-members will be attending classes at the North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center in Kodiak.

The Acushnet is a 213-foot medium-endurance cutter based in Ketchikan. It is the last remaining example of the former Navy salvage vessels transferred to the Coast Guard after World War II.


jpg Goast guard cutter Acushnet

Coast Guard cutter Acushnet
Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin

 

 

Source of News & Photograph:

United States Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil

 

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