Change of Command Ceremony USCGC HALIBUT (WPB

Change of Command Ceremony
USCGC HALIBUT
(WPB-87340)
Marina del Rey, CA
Thursday
22nd of July 2015
at Ten O'Clock
Change of Command Ceremony
Official Party Arrives *
Presentation of Colors *
National Anthem
Invocation *
Chaplin Jeff Parks
Inspection ofCrew
Remarks
Captain Jennifer Williams
Benediction *
Chaplin Jeff Parks
Retirement of Colors *
Departure of Official Party *
THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS A TIME-HONORED
TRADITION OF THE SEA-GOING SERVICES THAT FORMALLY
RESTATES THE CONTINUITY OF COMMAND TO THE OFFICERS AND
CREW. THE CEREMONY IS UNIQUE IN THE WORLD TODAY,
HAVING NO COUNTERPART IN BUSINESS OR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT.
IT IS A FORMAL RITUAL CONDUCTED BEFORE THE ASSEMBLED
COMPANY OF THE COMMAND, WHICH SERVES AS A VISIBLE SYMBOL
OF THE TRANSFER OF TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER.
Captain Jennifer F. Williams
Lieutenant Ryan Fox
Commander, Sector Los Angeles- Long Beach
Commanding Officer, USCGC HALIBUT
Captain Williams assumed her duties as Sector
Commander and Captain of the Port for U.S. Coast
Guard Sector Los Angeles - Long Beach in June
2014. From command offices on Terminal Island in
San Pedro, the Sector coordinates operations in an
area of responsibility stretching more than 350 miles
along the California coast, from north of Morro Bay
and south to San Clemente, out to 200 miles offshore,
and includes the nation's largest port complex. The
Sector oversees four patrol boats, three multimission small boat stations, a marine safety detachment, a vessel traffic
system and an aids-to-navigation team.
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Upon graduating as an Ensign, he reported aboard
USCGC DALLAS (WHEC 716) in Charleston, SC.
His primary duties included Combat Information
Center Division Officer and Gunnery Officer. While aboard, LT Fox
successfully obtained qualifications as a Deck Watch Officer, Boarding
Officer, and Landing Signal Officer in support of CGC DALLAS'
primary mission of drug in-terdiction.
Captain Williams is a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Point, NY with a Bachelor of Science in ·Marine
Transportation and an unlimited tonnage third mate merchant mariner
license. Captain Williams earned her Master of Science in Quality
Systems Management in 2006 from the National Graduate School.
Prior to taking command, Captain Williams served as Deputy
Commander and Alternate Captain of the Port at Sector Los Angeles Long Beach beginning in May 2012.
Captain Williams' field
assignments include Marine Safety Office Honolulu, Marine Safety
Office San Diego, and Marine Safety Office Providence, and Sector
North Carolina serving in the capacity of Marine Inspector, Senior
Investigating Officer, Chief of Inspection, and Prevention Department
Head. Captain Williams' most recent staff assignment was at Coast
Guard Headquarters in the Office of Vessel Activities, as the Chief of
the Foreign & Offshore Vessel Compliance Division (CG-5432). In this
capacity, she established policy for the U. S. Coast Guard's Port State
Control program, High Interest Vessel Program, Special Interest Vessel
Program, Qualship 21, Environmental Compliance Program, and
management of the foreign offshore industry compliance program.
Captain Williams is a native of Freeland, Maryland. She and her
husband Commander John Williams (USCG, ret.) have three sons;
Joseph, Seth and Ethan plus two step sons; Patrick and Christopher.
Lieutenant Ryan Fox graduated from the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy in May of2010 with a
Bachelor of Science in Business Management. As a
cadet he was on the football team, track team and
manager of the baseball team.
After completing his tour aboard DALLAS, LT Fox was assigned to the
WPB Relief Crew as the Executive Officer and later the Executive
Officer of USCGC AQUIDNECK (WPB 1309) in Manama, Bahrain in
support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. During the one year
assignment, he was responsible for management of the USCG Forward
Operating Base in Camp Patriot, Kuwait and, as a Deck Watch Officer,
the safe navigation and passage of U.S. flagged vessels through the
Strait of Hormuz and intelligence collection throughout the Arabian
Gulf.
LT Fox will be attending Law School at the University of Miami next
yea•· and will complete a follow on tour as CG JAG Office•· at the Coast
Guard's District Seven Legal Office.
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L T Fox is the son of Patrick and Mary Fox from Houston, Texas and
has four younger siblings Kelli, Corey Tara and Colin.
Lieutenant Junior Grade James Matthew Hurtt
Prospective Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Junior Grade James Matthew Hurtt, a
native of Old Lyme, Connecticut, graduated with
honors from the United States Coast Guard Academy
in 2012 with a B.S. in Government.
His career began as a Weapons Officer, Deck Watch
Officer, Electronics Material Officer and Boarding
Officer onboard USCGC THETIS (WMEC 910) homeported in Key
West, FL.
After leaving USCGC THETIS in 2014, he transferred to Manama,
Bahrain to serve as the Executive Officer ofUSCGC ADAK (WPB
1333), one of six forward deployed U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats
supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. While Executive
Officer of USCGC ADAK, Lieutenant Junior Grade Hurtt
administratively supported a crew of22 personnel while facilitating
coalition force activities in the territorial waters of Iraq, Bahrain,
Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and international waters across the
Arabian Gulf.
BMC PETER BROOKS
MKC STEPHEN COWARD
BMJ MATTHEW HENDRICKS
MK2 RYAN HORSLEY
FS2 KEVIN INGRAM
FS2 TYLER HENNINGER
MK3 DREW ALLEN
FN CHARLES EBERLY
SN RON FRANCO
SN JOSEPH CRAWFORD
MARINE PROTECTOR CLASS
COASTAL PATROL BOAT
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length
Maximum Draft
Speed
87'
5'8"
25 knots
Range
Crew (gender mix)
Berthing
Towing Capacity
Engines- MTU 8V396TE94, 1475 HP
Reduction Gear- ZF BW 255
Generator- MAN 60 KW
900NM
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200 tons
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