USCGC Vigorous holds change of command ceremony

Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Ryan Waters relieves Cmdr. Todd Batten as commander of USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) during a change of command ceremony, June 23, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. Vigorous is a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counter-narcotics operations, migrant interdiction, living marine resources protection, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Travis Morris)  

PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

06.23.2023

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Todd Batten relieved Cmdr. Ryan Waters as commanding officer of the USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) during a change of command ceremony, Friday, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth.

Capt. Brian Anderson, chief of operations of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony.

Batten previously served as the deputy chief of Cutter Forces.

Waters served as the commanding officer of Vigorous from July 2021 to June 2023. Waters’ next assignment will be a fellowship to the office of the director of National Intelligence.

The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another. It is a time-honored tradition to formally demonstrate the continuity of authority within a command conducted before the assembled crew and esteemed guests and dignitaries.

Vigorous is a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counter-narcotics operations, migrant interdiction, living marine resources protection, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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• Date Taken: 06.23.2023
• Date Posted: 06.23.2023 17:58
• Story ID: 447897
• Location: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US
• Hometown: VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, US