Coast Guard Cutter Cypress holds change of command ceremony
U.S. Coast Guard Cdr. Daniel Davis provides a farewell address to Cypress crewmembers during a change-of-command ceremony at Base Kodiak, Aug. 3, 2023. Cypress arrived to Kodiak in December 2021, succeeding the now decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spar as the ocean-going buoy tender responsible for 153 aids to navigation throughout the Kodiak Archipelago and the Aleutian Islands.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.