▁home port ed ▁in ▁York town , ▁Virginia , ▁Port ▁C ana ver al , ▁Florida ▁and ▁New ▁Castle , ▁New ▁Ham pshire . ▁She ▁is ▁currently ▁station ed ▁at ▁the ▁Port sm outh ▁Naval ▁Sh ip yard ▁in ▁K itter y , ▁Maine . ▁ ▁Awards ▁< center > ▁{- ▁| - ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| - ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| - ▁| ▁| ▁| ▁| - ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Rel iance ▁home ▁page ▁ ▁Category : Sh ips ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Coast ▁Guard ▁Category : Rel iance - class ▁cut ters <0x0A> </s> ▁This ▁article ▁is ▁about ▁executive ▁agre ements ▁between ▁nations ▁in ▁general . ▁For ▁information ▁on ▁executive ▁agre ements ▁in ▁US ▁foreign ▁policy , ▁see ▁Foreign ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁An ▁executive ▁agreement ▁is ▁an ▁agreement ▁between ▁the ▁heads ▁of ▁government ▁of ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁nations ▁that ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁rat ified ▁by ▁the ▁legisl ature ▁as ▁treat ies ▁are ▁rat ified . ▁ ▁Executive ▁agre ements ▁are ▁considered ▁polit ically ▁binding ▁to ▁distinguish ▁them ▁from ▁treat ies ▁which ▁are ▁leg ally ▁binding . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁executive ▁agre ements ▁are ▁made ▁sole ly ▁by ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁They ▁are ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁mechan isms ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁enters ▁into ▁binding ▁international ▁oblig ations . ▁Some ▁authors ▁consider ▁executive ▁agre ements ▁to ▁be ▁treat ies ▁under ▁international ▁law ▁in ▁that ▁they ▁bind ▁both ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁another ▁so ver eign