041015-N-7293M-163 Santa Rita, Guam (Oct. 15, 2004) - Commanding Officer, USCG Sequoia (WLB 215), Lt. Cmdr. Matthew T. Meilstrup, holds the page steady as Mrs. Dorothy England makes her remarks in a driving rain squall that blew through during the commissioning ceremony for the new Coast Guard cutter Sequoia. Mrs. Dorothy England, wife of Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, is the ship's sponsor and the couple came to Guam for the commissioning. Sequoia is the 15th of the Coast Guard's new Juniper-class sea-going buoy tenders. Capable of performing Aids to Navigation, Law
041015-N-7293M-163 Santa Rita, Guam (Oct. 15, 2004) - Commanding Officer, USCG Sequoia (WLB 215), Lt. Cmdr. Matthew T. Meilstrup, holds the page steady as Mrs. Dorothy England makes her remarks in a driving rain squall that blew through during the commissioning ceremony for the new Coast Guard cutter Sequoia. Mrs. Dorothy England, wife of Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, is the ship's sponsor and the couple came to Guam for the commissioning. Sequoia is the 15th of the Coast Guard's new Juniper-class sea-going buoy tenders. Capable of performing Aids to Navigation, Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, National Defense and Marine Environmental protection, the Sequoia made a 15,000-nautical mile voyage from its launching in Lake Michigan to its permanent home port of Apra Harbor in the territory of Guam. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Nathanael T. Miller (RELEASED) US Navy 041015-N-7293M-163 Commanding Officer, USCG Sequoia (WLB 215), Lt. Cmdr. Matthew T. Meilstrup, holds the page steady as Mrs. Dorothy England makes her remarks
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