MEDIA ADVISORY: Media invited to virtually interview Atlantic Area commander and Stone's commanding officer ahead of USCGC Stone commissioning ceremony

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Media invited to virtually interview Atlantic Area commander and Stone's commanding officer ahead of USCGC Stone commissioning ceremony

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.— The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to commission the USCGC Stone (WMSL-758), Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter during a commissioning ceremony at 10 a.m., Friday at Coast Guard Base Charleston, South Carolina.  

WHO: Vice Adm. Steven D. Poulin, U.S Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander and Capt. Adam Morrison, commanding officer of USCGC Stone.

WHAT: Provide insight into the commissioning ceremony and roles and responsibilities of the cutter Stone. 

WHEN: Media must RSVP no later than 10 a.m., March 18 by calling 786-393-4138.  

Interviews will be available starting at 2 p.m., March 18. 

WHERE: Virtually through Zoom or phone.

Due to COVID mitigation, in-person attendance is limited. Anyone interested in viewing the ceremony livestream may do so at https://www.facebook.com/USCGAtlanticArea, clicking on the image at the top, or by clicking here

Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, will preside over the ninth Legend-class cutter ceremony. Ms. Laura Cavallo, the grandniece of the ship’s namesake and ship’s sponsor, will also be in attendance. 

The cutter's namesake comes from Cmdr. Elmer "Archie" Fowler Stone, who in 1917 became the Coast Guard's first aviator and, two years later, was the pilot of the NC-4, a Navy airplane, which in 1919 was the first aircraft to accomplish a trans-Atlantic flight, landing in Portugal.

 

 

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