Aloha USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756)

USCGC Kimball

USCGC Kimball arrived in Honolulu Harbor for the first time on 22 December 2018 with a traditional ship lei draped at her bow.

Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, she was launched in December 2016.

She is named in honor of Sumner Increase Kimball (1834–1923). He was the Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving Service from 1878 until 1915 when it was merged with the United States Revenue Cutter Service to form the current United States Coast Guard.

USCGC Kimball

USCGC Kimball arriving in Honolulu Harbor assisted by Foss Maritime tug Pi‘ilani. 22 December 2018.

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