PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard debutes new response boat in Maine

Congressman Michaud speaks about the new Coast Guard boat in Maine

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Congressman Mike Michaud speaks to a crowd at Coast Guard Station Eastport, Maine, June 6, welcoming the new 45-foot response boat-medium (RB-M) to the state of Maine. Station Eastport is the first Coast Guard station in Maine to receive the new boat that replaces the aging 41-foot utility boat that has been in Coast Guard service since the early 1970s. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard members explain the new response boat to Congressman Michaud

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Chief Petty Officer Austin Olmstead (left), officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Eastport, Maine, shows Congressman Mike Michaud the capabilities of the station's new response boat-medium (RB-M) as Captain Jim McPherson (center) looks on June 6 off the coast of Eastport, Maine. The RB-M is the newest small boat in the Coast Guard's fleet and is the first of its kind to be stationed in Maine. Coast Guard photo

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