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GalleryUS Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns home after 120 days on patrol in Indo-Pacific
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August 12, 2024
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WSML 751) reunite with family and friends after returning to their Base Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WSML 751) returned to homeport in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday after 120 days on patrol in the Indo-Pacific region.
Family and friends were there to greet the crew.
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche reunite with family and friends after returning to their Base Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche reunite with family and friends after returning to their Base Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche reunite with family and friends after returning to their Base Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
Waesche participated in a serious of engagements and exercises during the deployment, working with the Vietnam coast guard and navy, the Philippines coast guard and Japan’s coast guard.
“We are thankful to have traveled safely home to our loved ones and to have completed a successful and meaningful patrol,” said Capt. Tyson Scofield, Waesche’s commanding officer. “Waesche’s patrol strengthened U.S. relationships with our partner nations to foster a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Commissioned in 2010, Waesche is one of four Legend-class national security cutters homeported in Alameda. National security cutters are 418 feet long, 54 feet wide, have a top speed of over 28 knots, a range of 12,000 nautical miles, endurance of up to 90 days and can hold a crew of up to 170. The advanced technologies of the national security cutter class ships are designed to support the operations and missions in the Indo-Pacific region. Waesche is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche reunite with family and friends after returning to their Base Alameda, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche transits San Francisco Bay en route to Base Alameda, Calif., on Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche transits San Francisco Bay en route to Base Alameda, Calif., on Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche transits San Francisco Bay en route to Base Alameda, Calif., on Aug. 11, 2024, following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol. (Matthew Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard)