Aboard USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-963)“M
aintain present course and speed,” Lieutenant Commander Priscilla Walker USCG said to the Junior Officer of the Deck as she collected her phone and a roll of charts. “You have the Deck and the Conn.”
“Captain is leaving the bridge!” The Boatswain’s Mate of the Watch announced for the benefit of the cutter’s bridge crew. Walker nodded at him and headed for the ladder leading down to the wardroom where her command team was waiting for a little more information on their unexpected mission. Yesterday at mid-morning, the Mohawk, a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter, was ordered to cut short some badly needed maintenance work in Key West and head south into the Caribbean. Only the captain was briefed on the short-fuse mission, but everyone aboard knew it was some
