Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Alert makes rare visit to Kodiak

KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Alert transits through Chiniak Bay en route Base Support Unit Kodiak to take on fuel, supplies and train prior to a Bering Sea patrol.

The Astoria, Ore.,-based medium endurance cutter crew is getting a rare taste of Alaska as most Bering Sea patrols are conducted by the larger cutters though 210-foot cutters have served in Alaska in previous decades.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Hancock.

KODIAK, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter from Astoria, Ore. , arrives in Kodiak June 18, 2010.

The Alert's crew will attend the Kodiak-based North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center before undertaking a patrol in the Bering Sea, a rare occurrence for the 210-foot cutters as most Alaska patrols are conducted by the high endurance fleet or the Alaska-based non-standard Coast Guard Cutters Acushnet and Alex Haley.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of the Astoria, Ore.,-based 210-foot medium endurance Coast Guard Cutter Alert works with personnel from Base Support Unit Kodiak's Port Services Division to tie up the cutter at the base cargo pier where they will take on fuel following their transit from the Lower 48.

The cutter has not made an Alaskan port call in years and the crew will resupply and train in Kodiak prior to getting underway for a Bering Sea patrol.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Cmdr. Jeffrey Yarosh, executive officer Coast Guard Cutter Alert, observes his crew as they moor to the cargo pier at Base Support Unit Kodiak to take on fuel June 18, 2010, following a transit from their homeport of Astoria, Ore.

The crew of the cutter will attend the Kodiak-based North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center to refresh their boarding teams on federal and Alaska state fisheries regulations before undertaking a Bering Sea patrol which are rarely conducted by the Coast Guard's medium endurance cutter fleet, but the Alert's crew is filling a critical need as the high endurance cutters are deployed or in maintenance periods.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

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