USCG Cutter Harriet Lane
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Honolulu Advertiser reporter Kevin Knodell was aboard the USCG Cutter Harriet Lane when it began its new role as the “Indo- Pacific Support Cutter” devoted to operations in Oceania. Here are some excerpts from his report on the voyage:
It was a hot, humid and cloudy day...

![U.S. Coast Guard and Fiji Navy personnel stand in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane while moored in Suva, Fiji, Feb. 19, 2024. [Charly Tautfest/ U.S. Coast Guard] U.S. Coast Guard and Fiji Navy personnel stand in front of USCG cutter](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/uscgc-harriet-lane-and-fiji-navy-personnel.jpg?itok=z9VeBgXh)