Alaska homeported cutter earns cutter of the year award

Source: United States Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/15/2025 06:30 PM EST

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U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska
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01/15/2025 06:01 PM EST

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Hopley Yeaton Cutter Excellence Award. For the second year in a row, Alex Haley earned the medium cutter of year award across the entire Coast Guard fleet. The Hopley Yeaton Cutter Excellence Award recognizes the ship that demonstrated exceptional performance across operations and mission accomplishment, commitment to crew and families, training and readiness, and engineering.