Coast Guard Cutter Stratton’s crew coordinated a medevac exercise with a Japanese aircrew during a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief event for Rim of the Pacific exercise 2016, July 2016.
USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) is the third Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. It is the first “white hull” cutter named after a woman since the 1980s. Stratton is named for Coast Guard Captain Dorothy C. Stratton.
Construction began in 2008 by Northrop Grumman‘s Ship System Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The keel was laid on July 20, 2009.
