Coast Guard holds decommissioning ceremony for cutters Cushing, Nantucket in Atlantic Beach, NC

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March 08, 2017
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Coast Guard holds decommissioning ceremony for cutters Cushing, Nantucket in Atlantic Beach, NC

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket stands at attention during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Nantucket was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala) Lt. Mario Gil, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter cushing, speaks to the audience during the Cushing’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Cushing was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala) Lt. j.g. Lydia Webb, executive officer of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing, speaks to the audience during the the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Cushing was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket stands at attention during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Nantucket was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala) Lt. Andrew Norberg and Lt. Mario Gil, commanding officers of Coast Guard Cutters Nantucket and Cushing, salute during the ships’ joint decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. Cushing and Nantucket were built primarily as law enforcement platforms, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala) Lt. j.g. Michael Vitrano, executive officer of Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket, salutes Lt. Andrew Norberg, commanding officer of the Nantucket, during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Nantucket was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard held a joint decommissioning ceremony Wednesday for cutters Cushing and Nantucket in Atlantic Beach. 

The ceremony honored 30 years of the cutters’ service to the Coast Guard.

The Cushing was the 21st 110-foot Island Class cutter built by Bollinger shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, and commissioned on Dec. 1, 1988. Cushing’s first homeport was Mobile, Alabama, followed by San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cushing moved permanently to Atlantic Beach in 2015. Cushing was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue.

The Nantucket was the 16th 110-foot Island Class cutter built by Bollinger shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana and commissioned in 1987. Nantucket’s first homeport was Miami, followed by Key West, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and St. Petersburg, Florida. Nantucket was moved permanently to Atlantic Beach in 2014. Nantucket was built primarily as a platform for law enforcement, but conducted missions including maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement and search and rescue.

“Today is a great day because we’re celebrating not only Cushing and Nantucket, but the crews who maintained them throughout the years,” said Lt. Mario Gil, commanding officer of the Cushing.

 

 

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