The United States
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard ships carry the designation "USCGC" for United States Coast Guard Cutter
The USCGC Sequoia
WLB 215
Newest of the Juniper Class Sea-Going Bouy Tenders.
15 October 2004
Commissioning of the new CGC Sequoia (WLB 215).
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England and his wife, Dorothy, were
on hand.  She had been asked to be the ship's sponsor when he was
Asst. Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sequoia skipper, LCDR Matthew
Meilstrup, shows official party the
bridge.  Included in this image are
SECNAV and Congresswoman
Bordallo. 15 Oct. 2004
Rear Admiral Arthur J. Johnson,
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces
Marianas, and SECNAV talk on
the Sequoia's bridge. 15 Oct. 2004
Raising the national ensign
during the commissioning
ceremony.
15 Oct. 2004
Close up of crew on buoy deck.
15 Oct. 2004
Mrs Dorothy England,
SECNAV, and Rear Admiral
Wurster, Commander, 14th
Coast Guard District, watch
the raising of the
commissioning pennant. 15
Oct. 2004
Port bow view of CGC Sequoia at full
dress ship with crew aboard. 15 Oct.
2004
In a driving squall, Mrs. England
reads her remarks assisted by Sequoia
skipper LCDR Meilstrup. 15 Oct.
2004
Secretary of the Navy
Gordon R. England speaks.
15 Oct. 2004
Rear Admiral Wurster,
Commander, 14th Coast
Guard District, speaks. 15
Oct. 2004
SECNAV and Congresswoman
Bordallo speak to reporters as LCDR
Meilstrup looks on. 15 Oct. 2004
SECNAV is piped thorugh the Coast
Guard sideboys.
15 Oct. 2004
USCGC Gavelston Island
WPB 1349
- A 110 forward formerly deployed to the island of Guam, USA -
USCG Marianas Section, 14th Coast Guard District
USCGC Galveston Island
pierside U.S. Naval Base
Guam 15 Jan 2004
USCGC Galveston
Island Apra
Harbor,Guam 26 Nov
2003
USCGC Galveston Island
Off Orote Point,Guam 30
Jan 2004
USCGC Galveston Island pierside
U.S. Naval Base Guam 26 Jun
2003
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USCGC Sassafras
WLB 401
- Formerly forward deployed to the island of Guam, USA -
USCG Marianas Section, 14th Coast Guard District
Commissioned: May 1944
Decommissioned: Oct 2003
U.S. Naval Base Guam
26 Jun 2003
CG Defender-class Patrol Boat
- 25-foot high speed harbor patrol boat -
In Apra Harbor,Guam
28 Jul 2004
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USCGC Diligence
WMEC 616
- Wilmington, NC -
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