Members of the United States Coast Guard and the Juneau community held a commissioning ceremony Wednesday afternoon to welcome Coast Guard Cutter Bailey Barco, Alaska’s second fast response cutter.<\/p>\n
Bailey Barco is a Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter, a 154-foot ship that is part of a class designed to replace the Coast Guard’s 110-foot Island-class ships.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard plans to purchase 58 fast-response cutters; as of February, the Coast Guard has ordered 38. The Bailey Barco is the 21st placed into service.<\/p>\n
This is the second of six Sentinel-class cutters that will eventually find homeport in Alaskan waters.<\/p>\n
The cutter is named after the Dam Neck Mills, Virginia, lifesaving station keeper and boat coxswain Bailey Barco, who led the rescue of a schooner’s crew after their ship ran aground off Virginia Beach, Virginia, in December 1900. Barco was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal in October 1901 for his actions.<\/p>\n
In attendance were members of Barco’s family, including his great granddaughter Carol Lash Push who is the sponsor of the ship.<\/p>\n
The Bailey Barco will patrol coastal regions of Alaska, completing missions in search and rescue as well as managing the state’s fishing industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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