Twenty-four Coast Guardsmen and three 25-foot gunboats arrived in Haines Monday, starting a month-long stationing to escort cruise ships and state ferries in the upper Lynn Canal.
The deployment includes an office trailer set up in the Small Boat Harbor parking lot.
Under the Port Waterway Coastal Security Act, the Guard is required to escort a number of vessels nationwide per year and the Guard’s port captain in Juneau is held to a level of…
