Shane Kinman, master woodcarver, shows off a sample of the new figurehead to Richard Kanehl, Coast Guard communication manager, Arina Kotlyarskaya, Coast Guard in-service vessel sustainment program manager, and Coast Guard Lt. Alissa Gavalian, contacting officer, in the ward room aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Dec. 13, 2018. Kinman planned to guild the new figurehead with gold, continuing a long lasting tradition.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Matthew Thieme)