[Scan-DC] Coast Guard Cutter Chock

[Alan Henney]

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to welcome cutter to upper Chesapeake Bay
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 3:49 PM
Subject: MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to welcome cutter to upper Chesapeake Bay


Media Advisory 

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to welcome cutter to upper Chesapeake BayWHO: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chock.

WHAT: Is changing its homeport from Portsmouth, Va., to the Coast Guard Yard here.

WHEN: Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

WHERE: The Coast Guard Yard at 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD, 21226

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to officially welcome a 65-foot Small Harbor Tug and crew during a ceremony here Wednesday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Chock and its eight-person crew are changing their homeport from Portsmouth, Va., to Baltimore. 

"The relocation of the cutter Chock to Sector Baltimore will greatly enhance the Coast Guard's multi-mission response capabilities including significantly improved ice-breaking capacity for the upper Chesapeake Bay and Port of Baltimore,” said Capt. Mark O’Malley, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Baltimore. ”It's truly a privilege to have the cutter as part of Sector Baltimore, a cutter with such a long history of superior service to the mariners of the Chesapeake Bay."

Media interested in attending the ceremony must contact Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment Baltimore personnel at 757-309-3570 no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday. Media should plan to arrive at the Coast Guard Yard no later than 9:30 a.m., Wednesday.

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Date: Jul 9, 2012


Contact: Public Affairs Detachment Baltimore

Office: (410) 576-2541