MEDIA ADVISORY: US Coast Guard to transfer patrol boats to Ukraine

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/25/2018 09:02 AM EDT

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US Coast Guard to transfer patrol boats to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to implement the transfer of two former 110-foot Coast Guard cutters, the Cutters Drummond and Cushing, during a ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore.

WHO: Coast Guard Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support; Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko

WHAT: Implementation of transfer project of two, 110-foot Coast Guard patrol boats to Ukraine

WHEN: 12:45 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018

WHERE: Coast Guard Yard, Pier E4, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, Maryland

Interested media members must RSVP to Chief Warrant Officer Chad Saylor, Coast Guard Media Relations, at 202-372-4619 or chad.m.saylor@uscg.mil, no later than noon Wednesday.

For questions on the U.S.- Ukraine defense relationship, please contact Mr. Eric Pahon at eric.j.pahon.civ@mail.mil.

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