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)
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