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The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest 154-foot fast response cutter, Douglas Denman, was officially commissioned Sept. 28 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Vice Adm. Andrew J. Tiongson, commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area, and Rear Adm. Nathan A. Moore, commander of Coast Guard 17th District, were on hand to formally accept the cutter, named in honor of a man who helped crew members evacuate a sinking USS Colhoun after it was attacked by an aircraft in 1942. Denman was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals and served in the Coast Guard for 20 years before retiring in 1961 as a senior…