Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder arrives at new homeport in Atlantic Beach, NC

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/21/2018 12:59 PM EDT

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March 21, 2018
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Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder arrives at new homeport in Atlantic Beach, NC

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder approaches Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 20, 2018. The Richard Snyder is the newest cutter in the Coast Guard’s fleet and is the first of its class to be homeported in Atlantic Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton/Released)

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ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — The crew of the new Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter Richard Snyder arrived at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach Tuesday morning.

Cutter Smilax, the oldest commissioned cutter in the Coast Guard’s fleet, led the Richard Snyder into port.

The Richard Snyder is the Coast Guard’s 27th Sentinel class cutter and is the first of its class to be homeported in Atlantic Beach.

The cutter was delivered to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, for sea trials in February 2018, and is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2018.

Richard Snyder, the cutter’s namesake, was awarded a Silver Star Medal for attacking Japanese ground forces during an amphibious assault on Biak Island in Papua, New Guinea, May 27, 1944.

Coast Guard Cutters Smilax and Richard Snyder approach Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 20, 2018. The Smilax was commissioned in 1944 and is the oldest working vessel in the Coast Guard’s fleet; the Richard Snyder is the newest cutter in the fleet, and is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton/Released)
Families of crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder wait to welcome the crew home at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 20, 2018. The Richard Snyder crew received the cutter in Key West in February 2018, performed sea trials, then sailed the ship to its new homeport in Atlantic Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton/Released)

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