USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and former United States Navy vessel that was recommissioned for Coast Guard duty on 10 July 1999. It was first entered service as USS Edenton (ATS-1), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship on 23 January 1971. In 1995, Edenton won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet.
USCGC Alex Haley
USS Edenton before becoming Alex Haley
USCGC Alex Haley in Sea of Japan
USCGC Alex Haley on Patrol in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award
The Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award is presented annually by the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations to one ship in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and one in the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Marjorie Sterrett, prior to 1920.
Public School 9, Brooklyn Marjorie's school
1917-era battleship USS Nevada