SAN DIEGO — Agencies from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, detected and interdicted a suspected smuggling vessel carrying about 1,400 pounds of marijuana 40 miles southwest of San Diego on July 25, the Coast Guard…
FRC Demonstrates Long-Range Transit to American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrived in the Port of Pago Pago on Aug. 3, completing a nine-day transit from Hawaii that demonstrated the long-range capabilities of the fast-response cutter. The…
Coast Guard Interdicts 27 Cuban Migrants 5 Miles South of Key West
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted 27 Cuban migrants on July 27 about 5 miles south of Key West, the Coast Guard’s 7th District said in a release. A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot response boat crew interdicted…
Coast Guard Interdicts 4 Migrants, 2 Suspected Smugglers
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted the 37-foot pleasure craft, Bada Bing, with three Brazilian migrants, one Jamaican migrant and two suspected smugglers on July 30 about 30 miles east of Hollywood, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said…
Oregon-Based Cutter Back Home After $311 Million Cocaine Seizure
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC-632) returned home July 30 following a 56-day counternarcotic patrol to the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The crew interdicted five suspected…
Coast Guard Interdicts 12 Chinese Migrants, 2 Suspected Smugglers
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 12 Chinese migrants and two suspected smugglers on July 23 about 13 miles east of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark (WPC-1101) crew located…
Cutter Healy Gets Underway for Months-Long Arctic Patrol
SEATTLE — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) departed for a months-long deployment to the Arctic Ocean on July 22, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The cutter will support multiple science missions as well as Operation…
Coast Guard Repatriates 14 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon (WPC-1113) repatriated 14 Dominican migrants to a Dominican navy patrol vessel Saturday near Samaná, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of an illegal migrant voyage June 11 off the coast…
Vice President Participates in $569 Million Drug Offload in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Vice President Mike Pence attended a U.S. Coast Guard drug offload July 11 in San Diego, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro offloaded more than 39,000…
Coast Guard Cutter Elm to Arrive in New Homeport
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm is scheduled to cross the Columbia River bar and arrive in Astoria, its new homeport, for the first time on July 15 at 10 a.m., the Coast Guard’s 13th District said…
