Coast Guard's newest national security cutter makes a Baltimore port call; open for public tours

Photo By Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster | Moss Marine employee Michael W. Moss takes a photo of the Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, James, making its first port call to Baltimore, Aug. 18, 2015. Named after Capt. Joshua James, a native of Hull, Mass., who is credited with saving more than 600 lives during his time with the U.S. Life-Saving Service, the James is the fifth of eight NSC’s – the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutters in the Coast Guard’s fleet. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah B. Foster/Atlantic Area External Affairs)  

UNITED STATES

08.18.2015

Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

BALTIMORE — Transiting through the Atlantic seaboard on its commissioning cruise, the Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, James, made its first port call to Baltimore, Tuesday.

Starting Wednesday until Thursday, the cutter will be open for free public tours at the following times and location in West Broadway Pier in Fells Point:

Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 8 to 10 a.m.; 1 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(GPS unit: 920 S Broadway, Baltimore, Md. 21231)

Cutter James was recently commissioned for operational service at Boston Aug. 8 and is making way to its inaugural homeport in Charleston scheduled to arrive Aug. 28.

Its namesake links the next generation of men and women serving aboard to the renowned lifesavers of the past, most notably of Capt. Joshua James, a native of Hull, Massachusetts, who is credited with saving more than 600 lives during his time with the U.S. Life-Saving Service, which merged with the Revenue Cutter Service in 1915 to create the modern U.S. Coast Guard
The James is the fifth of eight NSC’s – the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutters in the Coast Guard’s fleet. it's 21st-century design provides better sea-keeping, higher sustained transit speeds, greater endurance and range, and the ability to launch and recover small boats from astern, as well as aviation support facilities and a flight deck for helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.

MEDIA KIT
Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) website http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cgcJames/default.asp
Blogs
Coast Guard Cutter James enters the fleet
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/08/coast-guard-cutter-james-enters-the-fleet/
Crew aboard the Cutter James
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/08/crew-aboard-the-new-national-security-cutter-coast-guard-cutter-james/
Who was Joshua James?
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/07/who-was-joshua-james/

Press releases
Photo release
Coast Guard commissions newest National Security Cutter in Boston
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2576034/
Imagery available
Newest Coast Guard Cutter pulls into Boston Harbor
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2574986/

• Date Taken: 08.18.2015
• Date Posted: 08.19.2015 06:53
• Story ID: 173562
• Location: US