Higgins found themselves working together again. During the 2018 missile strike against Syria, the Higgins launched 23 TLAMs into Syria while Adak and Aquidneck enforced a security zone for her. Gallery Decommissioning Adak and the other five Island-class patrol boats originally assigned to Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) were scheduled to be replaced by new Sentinel-class fast response cutters by 2022. After the arrival of their replacements in May 2021, Adak and her sister ship Aquidneck were decommissioned in Bahrain on 15 June 2021. The U.S. Department of State currently plans to transfer Adak to the Indonesian government. References 1989 ships Ships of the United States Coast Guard Island-class patrol boats Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana