Loved ones stand by for the return of their friends and family stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) as the cutter makes its way home from a 134-day Western Pacific Patrol to Base Alameda, California, July 30, 2025. Commissioned in 2012, Stratton is one of ten Legend-class national security cutters and one of four homeported in Alameda. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danish Khan.