MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold Korean War Veterans Memorial in Eureka

News Release

July 26, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard 11th District Pacific Southwest Contact: 11th District Public Affairs Office: (510) 437-3325 After Hours: (510) 772-8865

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard, Korean War Veterans Association to hold memorial in Eureka

Who: Korean War Veterans Association and Coast Guard Cutter Barracuda personnel

What: Korean War Veterans Memorial Service aboard the underway Barracuda

When: Thursday at 9 a.m. Media interested in attending should arrive at 8:45 a.m. 

Where: Coast Guard Cutter Barracuda docked at Startare Drive, Dock A, Woodley Island Marina, Eureka CA.

Media interested in attending should RSVP by 4 p.m., Wednesday at 831-809-3963 or Neil.M.Romans@uscg.mil.

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard and the Korean War Veterans Association are scheduled to hold a Korean War Veterans Memorial service Thursday morning. 

The memorial will take place underway aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Barracuda, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Humboldt Bay. 

Local media outlets are invited to attend the event. All attendees should meet at 8:45 a.m., by the gate to Dock A, Woodley Island Marina. The Barracuda will depart the pier at 9 a.m., and return at approx 10 a.m. Media personnel should dress for the weather and wear closed-toe shoes. 

A stock photo of the Coast Guard Cutter Barracuda moored at a local marina in Humboldt Bay, Calif., July 10, 2014.

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