Barret Christoper Loux, the great-great-grandson of Lawrence Lawson, namesake of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, hands a long glass to Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Endicott, as part of a naval tradition during the ship’s commissioning in Cape May, New Jersey, March 18, 2017.
The Lawrence Lawson is the second 154-foot sentinel class cutter to be stationed in the Mid-Atlantic region and will conduct a variety of missions from North Carolina to New Jersey.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson