laststandonzombieisland

Great comparison of old vs. new, bookends of the service, so to speak.

Here we see the 210-foot Reliance class USCGC Venturous (WMEC 625), outboard of the 418-foot Legend (Bertholf) class USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753), at a rendezvous at sea, 21 November 2024, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean while in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South. Both notably have MH-65C Dolphins of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) squadron aboard, and are East/Gulf Coast-based cutters deployed a few thousand miles from home.

For reference, Venturous, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, was commissioned on 12 September 1968, making her 56 years young!

Meanwhile, Hamilton— the sixth cutter (after circa 1830, 1871, 1921, 1937, and 1967 vessels) to bear the name of the first secretary of the treasury and the “father of the Coast Guard”– is based in Charleston, South Carolina and commissioned 6 December 2014.