Capt. Matthew Gimple, Eleventh Coast Guard District Chief of Staff, holds a long glass used to symbolize the transfer of a ship to a new caretaker. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot cutter previously homeported in San Diego, is transferred to the Philippine Navy July 21, 2016, during a cermony held at Coast Guard Base Alameda in Alameda, California. The Boutwell is the third decommissioned Coast Guard cutter to be transferred to the Philippine Navy as part of the Excess Defense Articles program, which offers excess military equipment to allies in their modernization efforts
Capt. Matthew Gimple, Eleventh Coast Guard District Chief of Staff, holds a long glass used to symbolize the transfer of a ship to a new caretaker. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot cutter previously homeported in San Diego, is transferred to the Philippine Navy July 21, 2016, during a cermony held at Coast Guard Base Alameda in Alameda, California. The Boutwell is the third decommissioned Coast Guard cutter to be transferred to the Philippine Navy as part of the Excess Defense Articles program, which offers excess military equipment to allies in their modernization efforts. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall.
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Keywords: alameda, boutwell, coast, guard, philippines
