Seward was getting it's first post WWII and Korea military presence with the USCG Cutter Sorrell.  It was the beginning of a good relationship of Coast Guard members and their families becoming part of Seward and the American Legion Post in town.  Over the years the Coast Guard has become a big part of Seward Post 5 with their families and the ships that have come to call Seward their home port.  The Petticoat Gazette reported that "The Cutter Sorrel will be deployed to Seward from Sitka and is scheduled to arrive approximately July 15."

The Sorrell is a 180 foot buoy tender similar to the Coast Guard Cutter Sedge in Cordova.  It has a beam of 37 feet, draft 13 feet and displaces 1000 tons.  The ship is manned by a crew of six officrs and forty-five enlisted men.

 

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