B-roll: Coast Guard commissions Hawaii's second Sentinel-class cutter

HONOLULU, HI, UNITED STATES

03.09.2018

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle      

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC-1126), Hawaii's second Sentinel-class cutter, was commissioned into service at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, March 9, 2018. The Joseph Gerczak is the second of three Honolulu-based FRCs that will primarily serve the main Hawaiian Islands. The cutter’s namesake died while defending USS LST-66 from Japanese bombers during an American assault on Borgen Bay in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 26, 1943. (U.S. Coast Guard b-roll video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.09.2018
• Date Posted: 03.09.2018 20:28
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 588891
• VIRIN: 180309-G-XD768-1001
• Filename: DOD_105394308
• Length: 00:06:11
• Location: HONOLULU, HI, US
• Hometown: PHILADELPHIA, PA, US