US Coast Guard commissions 7th and 8th National Security Cutters
The US Coast Guard commissioned the seventh and eighth national security cutters (NSCs), Kimball and Midgett, at their Honolulu homeport Aug. 24. The unique joint commissioning ceremony marks the official start of NSC operations in Honolulu where the cutters will carry out activities to safeguard the nation’s maritime safety, security and economic interests.
Nathan Gain 02 Sep 2019
USCG statement
Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, presided over the ceremony. “In today’s complex geostrategic environment with rising great power competition, the importance and demand for a strong Coast Guard presence in the Pacific has never been greater,†Schultz said.
Sumner Kimball, the seventh cutter’s namesake, served as superintendent of the Revenue Marine, establishing a training school that would later become the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He later was general-superintendent of the Life-Saving Service (LSS) from 1878 until the LSS merged with the Revenue Marine to become the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. Kimball’s work lead to great strides in standardization of training and equipment.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/09/us-coast-guard-commissions-7th-and-8th-national-security-cutters/
