CGC TERRAPIN (WPB-87366)

Plank Owner's

The Plank Owner's

By ancient tradition, the first crew of a ship is known as the "plank owning" crew.  This dates from the time of wooden sail ships when the name of the maiden crew was inscribed onto a plank in the ship's structure.  Historically, a plank owner or his widow could petition the Naval Historical Center's Curator Branch when the ship was decommissioned and receive a piece of the deck; this does not apply to modern ships with metal decks, however.  Sailors who are plank owner's at their current command often have the word "PLANKOWNER" embroidered on the back of their uniform ball cap to denote this designation.  Meet the plank owner's of the Coast Guard's newest 87 foot cutter.

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LTJG Glauner

XPO	EPO	1st LT
BM1 Love	MKC Fitzpatrick	BM3 Quintana

FSO	Asst. EPO	Engineering
FS2 Walker	MK2 West	FNMK Johnson

Deck Deprtment	Deck Deprtment	Engineering
SN Maddelein	SA Powell	FN Siciak

Plank Owner's Route to Homeport

• AIRSTA/SFO Port Angeles
• Sector Puget Sound
• District 13
• Bellingham-Our Homeport