USCGC Ocracoke

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P192S Sumy , formerly USCGC Ocracoke (WPB-1307), is an Island Class Cutter formerly belonging to the United States Coast Guard. She was homeported in Maine, where she patrolled international & territorial waters as a humanitarian, law enforcement, and Homeland Security asset. Her primary missions were search and rescue, counter-smuggling activities, and homeland security. She was transferred to Odesa, Ukraine in 2021 and is currently in service of the Ukrainian Navy. Upon commissioning in 1986 and until 1991, she was assigned to Coast Guard Patrol Boat Squadron Two (CG SLATER TWO) in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. During this period, she conducted law enforcement, search & rescue, and expeditionary naval operations. When USS Slater was decommissioned on July 1, 1991 she was assigned to Commander, Greater Antilles Section. As of 2014, she was working out of Portland, Maine. On March 31, 2015, together with other USCG elements, she assisted the distressed Canadian sailing ship Liana's Ransom when she lost engine power during a storm off Gloucester, Massachusetts. On November 22, 2019, Ocracoke was decommissioned at a ceremony held in South Portland, ME. She was delivered to Odesa on November 23, 2021 together with the ship USCGC Washington on board the cargo ship Ocean Grand and was enrolled in the service of the Ukrainian Navy on November 29, 2021. as a part of the 30th Surface Ships Division.