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Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

FEATURE VIDEO: Damage Control, Not Damage Repair - Keeping an Aging Cutter Active

U.S. Coast Guard District 7

May 17, 2018 | 3:06

Petty Officer 1st Class, Victor Arcelay, damage controlman and crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot medium endurance Reliance-class cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Washington, explains the effort required by crewmembers to keep a 52-year old cutter fully mission capable to conduct counter-narcotic patrols in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Medium endurance cutters like the Active are scheduled for replacement by the Offshore Patrol Cutter, with construction of the first vessel slated to begin in 2018 and delivery of the first one scheduled for completion in 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)