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USCGC Kiska (WPB-1336) is an Island class cutter of the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...

, named for the island of Kiska

Kiska

Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at . It is about long and varies in width from - Discovery :...

, Alaska.

History

On March 19, 2002 the Kiska intercepted the Taiwanese fishing vessel Full Means II, which had been taken over by its cook, who had murdered the captain and first mate.

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