U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering
U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, shakes hands with Congressman Mike Ezell, U.S. Representative for Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District, during a Keel laying ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. Austal USA hosted the keel laying ceremony for the first Heritage-Class Offshore Patrol Cutters to be built in their Mobile Shipyard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grace McBryde)