made port calls in Rota, Spain, Split, Croatia, Sicily, and Madeira, Portugal. In August 2008, Dallas was sent to Georgia's shoreline on the Black Sea in support of Operation Assured Delivery in order to bring humanitarian supplies to those affected by the South Ossetia war. With Georgia's main naval base at Poti effectively under Russian control, Dallas instead docked at Batumi, as did and nine other NATO ships. Dallass awards include: two Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, three Coast Guard Unit Commendations, a Navy Unit Commendation (as part of the Battle Force 6th Fleet Task Force 60 for Operation Iraqi Freedom), two Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendations, a Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, three Humanitarian Service Medals, numerous Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbons, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Transfer to the Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy officially confirmed the Joint Visual Inspection (JVI) by its officials led by Rear Admiral Orwen Cortez of South Carolina-based Hamilton-class cutter USCGC Dallas from October 31 to November 5, 2011. The ship was transferred as an excess defense article through the Foreign Assistance Act via a "hot transfer" in May 2012. The Philippine Navy renamed the vessel after a World War II hero, Ramon A. Alcaraz. In popular culture Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) — Around the 43 minute mark a distress call sent from the ship Lazarus is received from the nearby USCGC Dallas. See also References External links Dallas home page Dallas freds place COCOM patrol page Ships of the United States Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutters 1966 ships Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana