Coast Guard Cutter Maple Begins Historic Voyage through Northwest Passage

By U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska on Jul 13, 2017   At Sea, Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maple, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Sitka, Alaska, departed Wednesday on a historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. This summer marks the 60th anniversary of the three Coast Guard cutters and one Canadian ship that convoyed through the Northwest Passage. The crews of the U.S. Coast […]