From the South Street Seaport Museum:

Coast Guard Cutter John Patterson is a Sentinel-class fast response cutter stationed in Boston, Massachussetts. Its missions primarily include search and rescue, and living marine resources enforcement within the Coast Guard’s First district. While docked at Pier 17, you are invited to come aboard the Guard’s next generation of patrol boats that performs multi-day patrols and features berthing to accommodate mixed-gender crews.

The vessel is named in honor of John C. Patterson of Howell, New Jersey, who was a decorated Union officer in the American Civil War, where he demonstrated superior leadership under pressure. He was quickly promoted into the officer grades, rising to the rank of brevet colonel by the end of the war. After the war, in 1870, Patterson signed on as a surfman at the U.S. Life-Saving Service Station located at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. He began as junior most surfman and rose to the rank of keeper at Sandy Hook, where he served until 1883, followed by Station Shark River until his retirement later that year.

Stop by between 9am and 1pm on May 27 to come aboard and learn more about the history of this vessel and speak with her crew. No registration required.

From the South Street Seaport Museum:

Come aboard and take a tour of this visiting Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Bayonne, N.J. The cutter is known as the “Keeper of New York Harbor” and its primary mission is maintaining 342 floating Aids to Navigation in and around New York harbor and its approaches, Long Island Sound, the Hudson and East Rivers, and other waters along the Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey coastlines. As the Coast Guard’s premier maritime command and control platform in the tri-state region, Katherine Walker is used extensively for Homeland Security operations as well as other high profile missions, including the United Nations General Assembly and Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks event. The crew also performs Search and Rescue, Ice-Breaking, Enforcement of Laws and Treaties and Environmental Response and Protection.

The cutter is named after Katherine Walker (November 25, 1848–February 5, 1931), a German-American lighthouse keeper. In 1885, Walker’s husband John took the position as Keeper of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, and the whole family moved on to the reef. In 1890, John fell to pneumonia and uttered his final words to his wife: “Mind the light, Kate.” Katherine Walker manned Robbins Reef lighthouse for the next 33 years. During her time as Keeper, Kate has been credited with 50 human rescues as well as the rescue of one dog. In 1919, at 71, Kate retired and passed along the title of Keeper to her son.

Stop by between 9am and 2pm on May 23 and 24 to come aboard and learn more about the history of this vessel and speak with her crew. No registration required.

From the South Street Seaport Museum:

Come aboard and take a tour of this visiting Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Bayonne, N.J. The cutter is known as the “Keeper of New York Harbor” and its primary mission is maintaining 342 floating Aids to Navigation in and around New York harbor and its approaches, Long Island Sound, the Hudson and East Rivers, and other waters along the Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey coastlines. As the Coast Guard’s premier maritime command and control platform in the tri-state region, Katherine Walker is used extensively for Homeland Security operations as well as other high profile missions, including the United Nations General Assembly and Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks event. The crew also performs Search and Rescue, Ice-Breaking, Enforcement of Laws and Treaties and Environmental Response and Protection.

The cutter is named after Katherine Walker (November 25, 1848–February 5, 1931), a German-American lighthouse keeper. In 1885, Walker’s husband John took the position as Keeper of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, and the whole family moved on to the reef. In 1890, John fell to pneumonia and uttered his final words to his wife: “Mind the light, Kate.” Katherine Walker manned Robbins Reef lighthouse for the next 33 years. During her time as Keeper, Kate has been credited with 50 human rescues as well as the rescue of one dog. In 1919, at 71, Kate retired and passed along the title of Keeper to her son.

Stop by between 9am and 2pm on May 23 and 24 to come aboard and learn more about the history of this vessel and speak with her crew. No registration required.