Onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
Patrol Coastal, USS Tempest (PC 2) follows the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as the TRUMAN departs Norfolk, Va. to begin conducting Carrier Qualifications (CQ) and an Ammo Off Load off the eastern seaboard of the United States.
US Navy Photo by: Photographer’s Mate Second Class (AW/SW) Danny Ewing Jr.) (RELEASED) Releasing Authority LCDR Scott E. Norr, Photo Officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), By Direction.
She was transferred to the US Coast Guard as USCGC Tempest (WPC-2), on 1 October 2004, and placed in ‘Commission Special’ status until December 2005, when she was formally commissioned as a Coast Guard cutter. She was returned to the US Navy on 22 August 2008.