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Date: December 22, 2011

Contact: Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy

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Coast Guard Cutter Sherman returns home for the holidays

Click the image below or the following link for video of the homecoming: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1483361

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman’s crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman’s crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

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SAN DIEGO -- Loved ones of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman's crew wait for their return to homeport from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea at Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Loved ones of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman's crew wait for their return to homeport from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea at Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- A line handler pulls a mooring line to the pier from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman as it returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- A line handler pulls a mooring line to the pier from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman as it returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Shermans crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman reunite with loved ones after their return to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Shermans crew boarded 45 vessels to conduct safety checks and fisheries inspections, as well as responded to seven search and rescue cases, saving more than 20 lives and maritime assets valued at more than $1.5 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry G. Dunphy.

For more information on the Sherman's patrol, click this link: http://www.sandiego.uscgnews.com/go/doc/830/1262827/

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