DATE: January 17, 2010 3:59:27 PM CST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

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Media Advisory

Date: Jan. 17, 2010

Contact:  Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson
U.S. Coast Guard External Affairs
(504) 671-2020

 Mobile area Coast Guard cutter to fill in for Key West based cutters sent to Haiti

 

WHO: Coast Guard Cutter Stingray and crew

WHAT: The Coast Guard Cutter Stingray is schedueled to deploy to Key West, Fla., to fill in for Coast Guard cutters that have been deployed to Haiti for the ongoing multi-national relief effort.

WHEN: Media are requested to arrive at Coast Guard Sector Mobile no later than Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at 6:15 a.m.

WHERE: Coast Guard Sector Mobile, South Broad Street, Mobile, Ala., 36615

***MEDIA NOTE*** Contact Lt. Matthew Mitchell at (251) 441-6211, Sector Mobile command center supervisor, to gain access to the base or check on the status of the Stingray's departure.

 


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