Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin present Lt. Edward Kalankiewicz with the cutter Blackfin's commissioning pennant at the Blackfin's change-of-command ceremony, July 14, 2017, Santa Barbara, Calif. In change-of-command ceremonies the old commissioning pennant is lowered from the warship's masthead and presented to the prior commanding officer as they depart, and a new one is put up. Coast Guard

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