Posted on 05/18/2007 5:43:26 AM PDT by FlatLandBeer
Yesterday my son's Cutter was commissioned. This is a 110' Patrol Boat used as a law enforcement platform. This is his 1st assignment in the Coaust Guard.
WOODS HOLE, MASS. - The Coast Guard Cutter Tybee was commissioned during a ceremony here today. The Tybee, a 110-foot Island-Class patrol boat commanded by Lt. Blake Stockwell, will be homeported here.
During the traditional commissioning ceremony, Capt. Roy Nash, commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, read the commissioning orders and granted Stockwell permission to assume command of the newly refurbished Coast Guard cutter. The vessel's commissioning pennant was raised and the 16-person crew conducted a ceremony in which the first watch was set for the ship to be permanently manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tybee was originally commissioned in 1989 and was homeported on the west coast, but moved to Woods Hole in 2004 to replace the Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy, which is currently serving in the Persian Gulf. In 2005, the Tybee was placed in a special commission status as it underwent a 7.5 million dollar upgrade in Baltimore, Md. Tybee received upgrades to its electronic equipment and generators and underwent structural work on the hull and interior, all of which is intended to extend the life of the vessel for an additional 15 years. More than 30,000 feet of new wiring and cable was installed, and the bridge was reconfigured to increase operational effectiveness.
The Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel, another 110-foot patrol boat, and the Coast Guard Cutter Hammerhead, an 87-foot patrol boat, are also homeported here.
Good luck to your son & prayers he stays safe. ~P~
There’s nothing PB duty; he’ll have a blast! Fair winds and following seas to your son and the crew....
Congrats to your son. I know he will have a ball. The Coast Guard was my home for 26 years and I loved it. Never served on anything as small as the patrol boats but I sure your son will enjoy it. I know you are proud of him.
Photos...Photos????
Can’t seem to find any as of yet.
Congratulations and good luck to your son.
Thanks Yo
Semper Paratus to the young fella.
These hot new 110’ PB’s are probably a fair bit improved over the 95’ Cape class PB I got to take a ride on while I was in the USCG (71-74). He’ll love it.
Godspeed to him and I will rest easy knowing he is serving our country w/ honor!!
Fair winds and a following sea to the young lad.
Cape Cod Coast Guard duty with Memorial Day coming up? Sign me up!
Nice! May your son have fair sailing where ever he goes.
Good luck to him! I was on the Ohio aboard the USCG Oleander. The Coast Guard made a man of me. We worked hard and sometimes it was dangerous but I made lifelong friends. Never was an open sea sort of sailor but being a river rat was one of the best times of my life.
Don’t forget Fleet Week in NY.
They are suppose to visit there too.
The 110’s are fine boats. He’ll have some petty good stories to tell some day. I was a Coastie for 23 years. Best thing I ever did! Tim CWO3 USCG (Ret)
Is this one of the cutters that underwent the hull extension? I heard that the CG basically has 4 cutters that can’t be used because the hull extension has weakened the structural integrity of the vessel — decks are buckling, etc.
I don’t think it is. My friend’s son is an LT and was an exec on one of the cutters going through this retrofit. I seem to recall that they started with a 110 footer & made it longer. I believe the work was done in Baltimore, however.
She attended Class A Mechanic school at Yorktown this spring. Really proud of her. Just got E-4! Took me 2-1/2 years in the Air Force!
I was Navy but was was assigned to support CG Adm. Yost when he was Commander Atlantic area just before he became Commandant. I was his Intel briefer for two weeks during a JCS exercise. A great man with a great mind.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
1971 - 1973 I was in the 17th CG District on the CG Cutter Bittersweet (WLB389) out of Ketchikan, Alaska. This ship was made in Duluth, MN in 1944. They decommission her in 1996 and presented her to the Estonian Coast Guard as a gift. And she is still up there sailing around.
Check that out - 63 years and still going strong. I guess they don’t make them like that anymore. SIMPLY AMAZING!!
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