 Petty Officer Steve Strohmeyer tells me the Coast Guard recently decommissioned two older vessels in Astoria, making room for eventually a total of three new cutters. Not only did the housing and area have availability for Coast Guard members to move in, but it's a great logistics port and centrally located throughout the Pacific Northwest. He says it'll patrol more than just the coasts of Oregon and Washington. This cutter can go up the Columbia River as needed as well.