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04-06-2008, 04:55 PM
The captain of the Coast Guard icebreaking tug Mobile Bay was temporarily relieved of command Friday by Rear Adm. John E. Crowley, commander of the Coast Guard’s 9th District, the service announced.
Crowley relieved Lt. Cmdr. Matthew J. Smith after “a series of discussions” led Crowley to decide that “a change of leadership was in order” aboard the 140-foot Mobile Bay, based in Sturgeon Bay, Wis, said Chief Public Affairs Specialist Robert Lanier, 9th District spokesman.
The relief was not the result of wrongdoing or misconduct and Smith is not under any kind of investigation, Lanier said.
Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Wirth, captain of the buoy tender Alder, homeported in Duluth, Minn., will take over as captain of the Mobile Bay, Lanier said.
Article: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/coastguard_mobilebay_cofired_040408w/
Crowley relieved Lt. Cmdr. Matthew J. Smith after “a series of discussions” led Crowley to decide that “a change of leadership was in order” aboard the 140-foot Mobile Bay, based in Sturgeon Bay, Wis, said Chief Public Affairs Specialist Robert Lanier, 9th District spokesman.
The relief was not the result of wrongdoing or misconduct and Smith is not under any kind of investigation, Lanier said.
Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Wirth, captain of the buoy tender Alder, homeported in Duluth, Minn., will take over as captain of the Mobile Bay, Lanier said.
Article: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/coastguard_mobilebay_cofired_040408w/