Media Advisory

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of International Acquisition invites members of the media to attend the sixth annual Regional Partnership Days Thursday at 10 a.m. at the James Creek Marina in Washington.

This is an excellent opportunity for members of the media to tour, ride and photograph some of the Coast Guard’s response boats, talk to crew members and participate in demonstrations on the water. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va., will bring its 45-foot Response Boat – Medium and 38-foot Special Purpose Craft training boat. Coast Guard Station Washington will bring its 25-foot Response Boat – Small. The RB-M and RB-S are new assets acquired by the Coast Guard as part of its fleet recapitalization. An official from the RB-M acquisition project office will also be available to answer questions.

In addition, several boat builders are scheduled to have vessels available for demonstration. SAFE Boats International will bring its 44-foot Full Cabin Archangel, 41-foot T-Top, 33-foot Full Cabin Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement and 25-foot T-Top. Metal Shark Aluminum Boats will bring its 40-foot Fearless aluminum hull. Zodiac will bring its H940 (aluminum hull, outboard-powered boat) and 2800 Law Enforcement Craft (28-foot center console T-top with outboard power).

Regional Partnership Days bring Washington-based international representatives together for briefings, discussions and demonstrations related to Coast Guard response boats. Since these events began, 174 defense and naval attachés representing 78 countries have participated. Many of the nations represented have already purchased Coast Guard platform response boats.

Credentialed members of the press wishing to attend should RSVP to Joy Crabaugh at (202) 475-5530 or Joy.Crabaugh@uscg.mil

WHO: U.S. Coast Guard Office of International Acquisition

WHAT: Regional Partnership Days featuring demonstrations of U.S. Coast Guard response boat

WHEN: Thursday, June 9; members of the media should arrive promptly at 10 a.m.

WHERE: 
James Creek Marina
200 V St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20024

DIRECTIONS:
By Taxi: Ask the driver to take you to the address above. Make sure you identify the street as “Southwest.” Use the James Creek Marina, Fort McNair or National Defense University as landmarks if the driver is unsure of the location.

By Car: Make your way to M Street SW (not to be confused with M Street NW in Georgetown). An easy way to get there is via Maine Avenue by the Southwest Waterfront. From M Street SW, turn onto 4th Street SW. It will be a right turn if you are traveling eastbound and a left turn if you are traveling westbound. At this intersection, there is a Safeway and the Waterfront-SEU Metro station. Continue on 4th Street SW, following the 90-degree curve to the left. On your right side will be the brick wall surrounding Fort McNair. As you follow the 90-degree curve, 4th Street SW turns into P Street SW. Follow this road to the intersection of P Street SW and 2nd Street SW, and turn right onto 2nd Street SW. Continue all the way to the end of 2nd Street to Coast Guard headquarters. James Creek Marina is just to the right of Coast Guard headquarters.

PARKING:
Metered street parking is available on surrounding streets. Meters closest to the headquarters building are two-hour meters; those on surrounding streets are 12-hour meters. There are limited parking spaces available at James Creek Marina; their rates are $5 for four hours and $10 for the full day.