US vessel moors in Sevastopol Bay (Ukraine)

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September, 1, 9:05 a.m. local time, US Coast Guard Cutter Dallas entered the Bay of Sevastopol. Thousands of protesting city residents met the boat at the bay. People chanted loudly “Go home!” and waved banners “STOP NATO!”

The second  line of defense was held on Grafsky dock where people also held posters demanding the NATO warship to retract from Sevastopol. Worthy of note, Dallas received a right to moor at the maritime station where passenger ships moor. So far, the American seamen have not been allowed ashore. According to one of the customs officials, the ship's commander is concerned with the anti-NATO sentiments in the city and does not rely on the Sevastopol administration's statements that the situation in the city is under control. It's most likely that, if Dallas's crew go ashore, they will do it in civil clothes.

The US Coast Guard Cutter Dallas arrived in Sevastopol from the Georgian port of Batumi where, according to the vessel's command, it was unloading, during the night and in secrecy, “drinking water for wounded Georgian soldiers.”