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Article: NEW COAST GUARD PATROL BOAT TO ARRIVE IN BELLINGHAM SATURDAY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 27, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, Northwest District, issued the following press release:
The Coast Guard's newest Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat will arrive at its homeport of Bellingham, Wash., Saturday after a 6,000-mile journey from Lockport, La. The Terrapin will be the seventh 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat to be placed in service in the Puget Sound region.
Other patrol boats already in service include the Sea Lion, homeported at Station Bellingham, Wash., the Osprey homeported in Port Townsend, Wash., the Swordfish, Wahoo and Adelie stationed in Port Angeles, Wash., and the Blue Shark stationed in Everett, Wash.
The Terrapan is an innovative, ...