Coast Guard Cutter’s Boutwell and Sherman change homeports

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SAN DIEGO - The Coast Guard Cutters Boutwell and Sherman officially changed homeport from Alameda, Calif., to San Diego during a ceremony at Naval base San Diego, July 29, 2011 at 10 a.m.

Rear Adm. Christopher C. Colvin, deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony. Also in attendance were Capt. Winton Smith, commanding officer, Naval Base San Diego, Mayor Ron Morrisson, National City, Calif., and members of the Southern California Navy League chapters.

During the ceremony, the Navy League adopted both cutters welcoming them to the long line of ships supported by the organization.

The Change of Homeport provides both the Boutwell and the Sherman, two 378-foot high endurance cutters to replace the recently decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter’s Hamilton and Chase, previously home ported in San Diego. The Boutwell and Sherman will patrol from the South Pacific to the Bering Sea areas conducting law enforcement operations, counter drug operations, alien migrant interdiction operations, fisheries operations, living marine resource enforcement, homeland security, search and rescue and defense operations.The Boutwell and Sherman are both 378-foot high endurance cutters. Both cutters remain available for world-wide deployment, but will focus patrols on the South Pacific and Bearing Sea areas.

For more information on the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, please follow the link below:
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcboutwell/default.asp

For more information on the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, please follow the link below:
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcsherman/default.asp

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