Coast Guard to host tours aboard cutters at Aloha Tower, Honolulu, as part of Pearl Harbor 75th

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Wyrick | The crew of USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722) transit toward the 400-foot cargo vessel BBC Colorado, Oct. 7, 2016, south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, due to the vessel becoming disabled while in transit across the Pacific. Morgenthau’s crew provided critical command and control support at the scene ensuring their safety while waiting for a large seagoing tug boat capable of towing the massive vessel to Seattle. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Brandon Newman/Released)  

HONOLULU , HAWAII, UNITED STATES

12.05.2016

Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir                  

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is offering free public tours of two cutters as part of the observance of the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor at Aloha Tower in Honolulu Tuesday and Wednesday.

Wednesday the Coast Guard Silent Drill Team will also perform in front of the cutter at Aloha Tower at 2 p.m.

The USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349), a 110-foot patrol boat, will be moored at Aloha Tower Pier 9 providing free public tours Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon and again from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722), a 378-foot high endurance cutter, will be moored at Aloha Tower Pier 9 providing free public tours Wednesday, Dec. 7, from noon to 4 p.m.

Please come by and tour the cutter and visit with Coast Guard men and women who serve aboard before viewing the Pearl Harbor Parade. Pants or shorts and closed toed shoes are recommended.

The Galveston Island crew conducts search and rescue, law enforcement and fisheries patrols in the Main Hawaiian Islands region. The Morgenthau also conducts these missions, but frequently farther afield in Pacific Ocean and Alaskan waters. Morgenthau's crew recently returned from an Alaskan patrol and are hosting the @USCG Instargam this week. Check it out at https://www.instagram.com/uscg/ or @USCG on your app.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2016
• Date Posted: 12.06.2016 00:11
• Story ID: 216515
• Location: HONOLULU , HAWAII, US