A local kahu, a Hawaiian priest, blesses the USCGC Kukui (WLB 203) and its crew before getting underway from Sand Island, Oahu, Jan. 9, 2017. The Kukui is headed to Baltimore for its midlife maintenance and will then be porting in its new home in Sitka, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Bethany Gollin)