Change of command ceremony marks new chapter for USCGC Hickory (WLB 212) [Image 4 of 11]

GUAM

09.13.2023

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir                  

U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam

U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Chief of Staff, Capt. Blake Novak gives remarks as the president official during a change of command ceremony for the USCGC Hickory (WLB 212) held at the Top o’the Mar in Guam on Wednesday, Sep. 13, 2023. The ceremony also signaled the official shift of the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender in Guam from USCGC Sequoia (WLB 215), currently at its major maintenance availability (MMA) at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, to USCGC Hickory, which is just completing MMA and will now serve the Western Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

• Date Taken: 09.13.2023
• Date Posted: 09.13.2023 00:26
• Photo ID: 8019120
• VIRIN: 230913-G-IA651-5145
• Resolution: 2000x898
• Size: 2.54 MB
• Location: GU