USCGC MAUI WPB-1304 Naval Cover 1987 SIGNED Cachet w/ history
It was sent 9 Jun 1987. It was franked with stamp "Sea Shell".
This cover is in very good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement.
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USCGC Maui (WPB-1304) is a United States Coast Guard Island-class patrol boat homeported in Manama, Bahrain.[1] She is named after the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands, Maui.
Overview
At 110 feet (34 m), USCGC Maui has excellent range and seakeeping ability, is equipped with advanced electronics and navigation equipment, and supports Coast Guard maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, drug interdiction, defense readiness, fisheries Enforcement, and search and rescue missions. USCGC Maui is one of six Island class patrol boats currently stationed in Manama, Bahrain as a part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia to provide the Navy's Fifth Fleet with combat ready assets.
USCGC Maui (WPB-1304) with MH-60S of HSC-26 off Bahrain in December 2014
International tensions
Routinely conducting joint and bi-lateral military exercises in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy harassed U.S. Navy and Coast Guard assets in the northern Persian Gulf on April 15, 2020, to include coming within 10 yards of USCGC Maui.[2] A week following the incident, President Donald John Trump authorized the U.S. Navy "to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.”[3]