Cutter Vance Back From Philippines. Newspaper – unknown The coast guard cutter Vance returned to Honolulu last week after spending approximately four months in the Philippines on search and rescue duty. She was relieved by the cutter Lansing, which will also spend approximately four months on search and rescue duty in Philippine waters. After a period of time having minor repair work done, refueling, loading supplies and performing search and rescue work in the Hawaiian area as required, the Vance will join the other cutters in manning ocean stations and other search and rescue stations.