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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Mendenhall

Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell transferred to Philippine Navy

U.S. Coast Guard District 11

July 21, 2016 | 1:33

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot cutter previously homeported in San Diego, is transferred to the Philippine Navy July 21, 2016, during a ceremony held at Coast Guard Base Alameda in Alameda, California.

The Boutwell is the third decommissioned Coast Guard cutter to be transferred to the Philippine Navy as part of the Excess Defense Articles program, which offers excess military equipment to U.S. allies in their modernization efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall.