Miami to receive 1st Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter

Editor's note: The media is invited to the arrival of Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Miami located at 100 MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday. Media are asked to arrive no later than 10:30 a.m. Media interested in attending the event are requested to contact Public Affairs at 305-415-6683.

WHO: Rear Adm. Bill Baumgartner, commander, 7th Coast Guard District
Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Eggert, commanding, Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber

WHAT: The Coast Guard cutter Bernard C. Webber, the Coast Guard’s first Sentinel Class patrol boat, will be delivered to Coast Guard Sector Miami at Base Support Unit Miami, Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday.

The 154-foot Webber, is the first Fast Response Cutter in its class. The Webber will be able to deploy independently to conduct missions, such as ports, waterways and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law enforcement, search and rescue, and national-defense operations along the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean.

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:     Coast Guard Base Support Unit Miami
              100 MacArthur Causeway Miami Beach, Fla.

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