Rear Adm. Daniel Able, commander First Coast Guard District, addresses the crew of the 110-foot patrol boat Bainbridge Island during a ceremony at the cutter’s pier in Bayonne, N.J., March 17, 2014, to bid farewell to the cutter after more than 22 years. During its service the cutter and its crew has conducted many of the Coast Guard’s missions from search and rescue to homeland security. The crew will assume control of the Coast Guard cutter Sitkinak, which was homeported in Miami Beach, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Gail Dale)
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