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Master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard.
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U.S. Coast Guard Military Biographies
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September 1, 2004
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Franklin A. Welch
Ninth Master Chief Petty Officer of the United States Coast Guard
On October 10, 2002, Master Chief Quartermaster Franklin A. Welch assumed his duties as the Ninth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard. In his most recent assignment, Master Chief Welch served as Officer in Charge of USCGC SOCKEYE (WPB 87337), homeported in Bodega Bay, California. His first operational tasking aboard SOCKEYE was to command her through an initial homeport transit of 6,000 nautical miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, to her homeport of Bodega Bay. Prior to this assignment, Master Chief Welch served as Officer in Charge, USCGC POINT CHICO (WPB 82339), also ...