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WHO: Capt. Tyson Scofield, commanding officer U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL-751), Cutter Waesche crew, Japan Coast Guard members, Philippine Coast Guard members
WHAT: The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche is slated to make a port call in Honolulu following a 112-day patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Japan Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard members who participated in an exchange program aboard the Waesche will disembark during a ceremony after the cutter moors. Media are invited to watch the Waesche and crew moor at Pearl Harbor and interview U.S., Japan and Philippine Coast Guard members about the patrol and the exchange program.
WHERE: Berth B25, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, 1000 North Rd, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96860
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 3 at 2 p.m.
HONOLULU – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche is slated to make a port call in Honolulu Saturday following a 112-day patrol in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard members who participated in an exchange program aboard the Waesche will disembark during a ceremony after the cutter moors.
The crew of Cutter Waesche partnered alongside allies and several Indo-Pacific nations following the cutter’s departure from Alameda, California, in June. Among those countries were Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. During their patrol, the Waesche crew participated in the first ever trilateral at-sea search and rescue exercise with Japan Coast Guard, Korea Coast Guard, and the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Japan. Additionally, the Waesche was the first U.S. Coast Guard cutter to visit Pohang, South Korea.
Observers from the Japan Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard lived aboard the Waesche and worked alongside the crew for a journey of 3,330 miles from Guam to Hawaii as part of an exchange program. Japan and Philippine Coast Guard members participated in the daily routine of the cutter, including observing drills, watch stations and flight operations, and participated in a line crossing ceremony as the Waesche crossed the international dateline.
The focus was on advising and sharing best practices, along with bolstering partners’ capabilities to promote and model good maritime governance in the region.
Commissioned in 2010, Waesche is one of four Legend-class national security cutters homeported in Alameda. National security cutters are 418 feet long and 54 feet wide, with a top speed of over 28 knots, a range of 12,000 nautical miles, endurance of up to 90 days, and can hold a crew of up to 170. The advanced technologies of the national security cutter class ships are designed to support global operations and missions.
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