PHOTO: Coast Guard holds change-of-command ceremony for Michigan-based Cutter Katmai Bay

Lt. Michael Patterson salutes Lt. Bryan Estell as Rear Adm. Michael Parks (center), Coast Guard 9th District commander, oversees the change-of-command ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay at the cutter's homeport in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., June 13, 2013.

During the ceremony, Patterson became the new commanding officer of the 140-foot ice-breaking tug, relieving Estell, who had been in charge of the cutter's crew since August 2011.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Daniel Miller