Coast Guard Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, Pacific Area Commander, salutes Capt. Steven Whittrock, Coast Guard Cutter Sherman’s commanding officer, after giving the decommissioning orders during the cutter’s decommissioning ceremony in Honolulu, Mar. 29, 2018. The Sherman served the United States Coast Guard meritoriously for nearly 50 years and has an operational resume including record-holding cocaine seizures and combat action in the Vietnam War.

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