U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering

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U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering
12/09/2025 01:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a ceremony Monday in Mobile, Alabama. 
Ship sponsor Dr. Meghan Pickering Seymour, fifth generation granddaughter to Col. Timothy Pickering, and Ravi Khamsourin, Austal USA advanced welder, tig weld her initials during a keel laying ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8, 2025. The Coast Guard Cutter Pickering (OPC 5) is named for the first USCGC Pickering that launched in 1798.