First district FRC to be commissioned

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Daily will be commissioned at 9 a.m. on July 4 on Singing River Island. Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz, commander of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic region, will be the presiding officer. A commissioning ceremony is the cutter’s entry into active service and readiness to conduct Coast Guard operations. Benjamin Daily is to be homeported at Pascagoula and is the first Fast Response Cutter (FRC) within Coast Guard District Eight. (Source: CG District Eight media advisory 06/30/17)