Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home following Bering Sea deployment

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Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home following Bering Sea deployment
08/07/2024 06:30 PM EDT

HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their home port at Base Honolulu, Thursday, after completing a 122-day patrol in the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea, and American Arctic. Kimball’s crew patrolled in support of Operation Alaskan Groundfish Enforcer, Alaskan Sentinel and Bering Shield, promoting maritime governance by enforcing domestic fishery regulations while countering illicit maritime activity from foreign fleets along the maritime boundary line.
Ensign Matalynn Clark, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew member, relays landing signals to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from USCG Air Station Kodiak during a helicopter landing evolution while Kimball patrols the Bering Sea, May 11, 2024. During their patrol, Kimball also operated with a forward deployed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and aircrew in Cold Bay, Alaska, and the District Seventeen command center to execute complex SAR exercises for improving, coordination, response times, and range of rotary Coast Guard assets to assist mariners in distress. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign James Bongard.