Service Record
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Adak, WPB-1333, also known as Coalition Warship 1333, is a 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat. The USCGC Adak is slated to be decommissioned no later than July, 2021.
CALL SIGNS FOR THE ADAK:
CUTTER: Coalition Warship 1333 or Big Apple.
SMALL BOAT: Manhattan.
BOARDING TEAM: Chinatown.
- Commissioned in 1989, originally home-ported in Sandy Hook, N.J. – currently home-ported in the Arabian Gulf/ Kingdom of Bahrain
- The Adak has saved countless lives
- Supported and participated in Operation Able Vigil – largest peacetime operation since Vietnam war, responding to mass migration from Cuba (Op. Able Vigil involved 38 Coast Guard Cutters in Florida Straits)
- On-scene commander for the response to TWA Flight 800
- On-scene commander in New York Harbor on Sept. 11, 2001, responsible for overseeing largest maritime rescue in world history, more than 500,000 people evacuated from lower Manhattan by boat
- One of four original 110-foot Coast Guard cutters deployed to Iraq
- March 20, 2003 provided support for U.S. Navy SEAL teams and Polish Special Forces as they secured Iraq’s two main oil terminals, responsible for 90% of Iraq’s GDP
- Captured some of the very first enemy prisoners of war in the early morning hours of March 20, 2003 during “shock and awe”
