National Security Cutter James Officially Begins Coast Guard Service

August 10 2015

USA

The U.S. Coast Guard has scheduled the commissioning of its newest Bertholf-class national security cutter in Boston, reports Gulflive.com (Miss.).

The James (WMSL-754) was delivered in June to the Coast Guard at the Huntington Ingalls Industries facility in Pascagoula, Miss. She left for Boston in July following a month of training.

The cutter is slated to be homeported in Charleston, S.C., alongside her sister ship Hamilton (WMSL-753).

The James arrived in Boston on Aug....

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