MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard Station Fire Island to name multi-mission building in honor of Shaun M. Lin

News Release

U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment New York Office: (212) 514-4291 After Hours: (917) 703-0983 PA Detachment New York online newsroom

Coast Guard Station Fire Island to name multi-mission building in honor of Shaun M. Lin

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a building dedication ceremony to rename Coast Guard Station Fire Island's multi-mission building in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Shaun M. Lin, Wednesday, October 13, 2021. 

Petty Officer Lin, a distinguished Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety and Security Team New York (MSST 91106), tragically passed away in the line of duty on October 13, 2010, during a tactical training operation on the James River in Virginia.

Petty Officer Lin, born in Queens, New York, on November 21, 1986, is interred at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, 17 miles from Station Fire Island. 

Who: Rear Adm. Keith Smith, Coast Guard Atlantic Area deputy commander, Rear Adm. Thomas Allan, Coast Guard First District commander.

What: The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a building dedication ceremony to honor Petty Officer 3rd Class Shaun M. Lin.

When: 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2021 

Where: U.S. Coast Guard Station Fire Island, 1 Rescue Rd., Babylon, NY, 11702

Media interested in attending are asked to RSVP to Coast Guard Public Affairs at (917) 703-0983.

 

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