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B-177640 1 (1976-01-29)

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B-177


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         1  THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
            OF   THE   1UNITED     STATES
         . WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548



640               DATE:   JAN 29 1976

Shipment  of a privately owned vehicle on    c/
Alaska  State Ferry System (Alaska Marine
Highway)  - Captain John H. Byrd, Jr., USCG


Incident to a permanent change of station
Coast Guard member's  privately owned
vehicle was transported via the Alaska
State Ferry System from Juneau, Alaska.
to Seattle, Washington. Member is
entitled to such transportation at Govern-
ment expense since privatel owned
American  shipping services, as used in
10 U. S. C. 2634 (1970) authorizing the
transportation at Government expense of
a privately owned motor vehicle of a
member  of an armed force ordered to
make  a permanent change of station,
includes state owned vessels.


   This action is in response to the, claim of a Coast Guard
officer for reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $212
incurred incident to the shipment of a privately owned vehicle
(POV) on the Alaska State Ferry System (Alaska Marine Highway)
from Juneau, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, in connection with
a permanent change of station. The claim was forwarded to this
Office by the Authorized Certifying Gfficer, United States Coast
Guard, Department of Transportation.

    The record indicates that Captain John H. Byrd, Jr., USCG,
at the end of a tour of duty in Alaska made arrangements for his
own passage and that of his wife and for transportation of his POV
via the Alaska State Ferry Service, also known as the Alaska
Marine Highway, from Juneau, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington.
He paid $366 in advance for these services. On July 3, 1973,
Captain Byrd was issued a transportation request in favor of the
Alaska State Ferry System for ferry class watgr transportation
from Juneau to Seattle with stateroom accommodations for himself
and his wife. Ch the same day he conveyed the transportation
request to the Division of Marine Transportation, Department of
Public Works, State of Alaska, and was refunded all of his initial
outlay except the $212 cost of shipment of his POV. He now
claims a refund of this sum.

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