USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)

USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719)

USCGC "Boutwell" (WHEC-719) is a U. S. Coast Guard high endurance cutter based out of Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California. Named for George S. Boutwell, United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant.

In 2003, "Boutwell" served in Operation Iraqi Freedom guarding Iranian and Iraqi oil terminals.

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcBoutwell/default.asp "Boutwell" home page]


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