U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal Change of Command at Newport Beach, Calif.

July 17, 2025

Source: DVIDS.Net https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9186930/us-coast-guard-cutter-narwhal-change-command-newport-beach-calif

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal (WPB-87335) crew members take a group photo after their change of command ceremony at the harbor in Newport Beach, MCed by Chief Petty Officer Roberto Llamas, Narwhal’s Executive Petty Officer, in Newport Beach, California, July 17, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard Lt.j.g. Jake Monson relieved Coast Guard Lt. Annabella Farabaugh, who will be assigned to the Force Design 2028 team. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photos taken by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard B Uranga)


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The primary audience for the video is people renting small and manually powered vessels on the harbor, although it has information valuable to anyone operating a vessel on the harbor.

Newport Harbor Dredging

The long-awaited dredging project for lower Newport Harbor will move forward, following recent approval by the Newport Beach City Council and Port of Long Beach to use dredged sediment for a pier fill project at the port.

This arrangement is similar to Newport Beach’s previous projects in 2011 and 2012, when dredged sediment from Newport Harbor that was unsuitable for open ocean disposal was transported to Long Beach for the Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project.

A rendering of what the public pool complex proposed at Lower Castaways Park would look like from the bay side. It would include a place to launch paddleboards and such. (Courtesy of the city of Newport Beach)

A public swimming pool complex to include a 50-meter pool, a therapy pool, a splash pad and a building for events is moving closer to reality and could become the city’s next successful public-private partnership.

Recently, the Newport Beach City Council approved a change to the city’s general plan that allows the area at Lower Castaways Park to be zoned for development and accommodate the facility.