USCG Bramble still ‘safe and sound’ in Mobile News Highlights: USCG Bramble still ‘safe and sound’ in Mobile. A year after the ship was sold as part of a federal lawsuit, the US Coast Guard’s former Bramble ship remains moored in Alabama. But Phillip Mason, vice president of operations of the Waggaman and Mobile facilities of Modern American Recycling Services that purchased the vessel, said the Bramble is still “safe and sound.” Recommended Previously, Mason had said the company planned to include the Bramble in their fleet, which recycles oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. But in an email Friday, Mason said the company has no plans for the future of the ship.