US Coast Guard commissions new national security cutter in North Charleston [Video]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Hundreds of people came out to the Coast Guard commissioning ceremony on Saturday for their newest national security cutter.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun, named for the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Charles Calhoun, is the 10th Legend-class national security current to join the Coast Guard. It will be the fourth to be homeported in North Charleston alongside Coast Guard Cutters Hamilton, James and Stone.

The ceremony was held at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston and celebrated the ship finally being ready for all deployable missions needed by the Coast Guard after two years of planning.

“We are proud to name the ship after him. His legacy, his approach to life was to never give up and that is the ships motto, and the crew has embraced that as they approach this commissioning and bringing the …