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PORT ANGELES — Coast Guard cutter Active and its crew returned to Port Angeles this afternoon.
The Active spent eight months in dry dock at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore to conduct maintenance on the cutter. The return transit from Baltimore to Port Angeles was primarily spent training a crew of 79 people and improving the cutter’s readiness condition, the Coast Guard said.
“By conducting numerous drills, we were able to become a cohesive team ready for emergencies that, fortunately, we did not experience,” said Lt.j.g. Katie Sullivan, the support services officer on board the Active.
The Active traveled 6,700 miles from the Coast Guard Yard to Port Angeles in 60 days. Crew members participated in a community relations project by painting a school in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, along the way.
“We are ecstatic to be home,” said Sullivan.
