More images of the transfer...
Marcia Bernicat, US Ambassador in Bangladesh, signed documentation to sign over the US Coast Guard Cutter Rush to the Bangladesh Navy at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2015.
Cutter Rush became the BNS Somudra Avijan.
This and all following Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart
Capt. Kevin A. Jones, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, stands with his crew during a transfer ceremony at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
The American Flag is flown next to the Bangladesh flag aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Rush during a transfer ceremony in Alameda, Calif., May 6, 2015.
Capt. Matthew Bell, chief of staff of Coast Guard Pacific Area (center) meets with members from the Coast Guard and the Bangladesh Navy Chief Vice Admiral M Farid Habib and Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin prior to the transfer ceremony at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Marcia Bernicat, US Ambassador in Bangladesh was also present.
A Coast Guard cover is placed with Bangladesh navy covers during a meeting prior to a transfer ceremony at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Coast Guard members, friends and family members of the crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush and Bangladesh navy attend the transfer of the 378-foot high-endurance cutter to the Bangladesh navy during a ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Members of the Bangladesh navy march toward the former Coast Guard Cutter Rush during a transfer ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Capt. Kevin A. Jones, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, awaits the passing of the spyglass to prospective Bangladesh Navy commanding officer Capt. Mohammad Waseem Maqsood during a transfer ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.