BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned to Boston on July 11 following a three-month patrol conducting drug and migrant interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. Throughout the…
Coast Guard Interdicts Migrants, Smuggler East of Boynton Beach
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 14 Haitian migrants, a Dominican migrant and a suspected smuggler on July 3 about 12 miles east of Boynton Beach, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders…
Cutter Bertholf Returns From 164-Day Western Pacific Deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) returned July 2 to their homeport of Alameda following a 164-day deployment to the western Pacific, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The…
Coast Guard Interdicts 49 Haitian Migrants 21 Miles Northeast of Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 49 Haitian migrants Saturday approximately 21 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a July 1 release. The crew of the Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Groningen (P-843)…
Coast Guard Repatriates 44 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) repatriated 44 Dominican migrants and transferred them to Dominican naval authorities June 28 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal migrant…
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous Returns Home After 62-Day Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625) returned home to St. Petersburg June 27 following a 62-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release of the same…
U.S. Coast Guard Announces Homeport of Newest National Security Cutter
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Charleston, South Carolina, as the home of the service’s newest National Security Cutter, Coast Guard Headquarters announced in a June 26 release. “I am pleased to announce that Charleston, South Carolina, will be the…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk Returns After 90-Day Eastern Pacific Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913) returned to their homeport in Key West following a 90-day counter-smuggling patrol in support of Joint Interagency Task Force-South and operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the…
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Crew Returns Home After Caribbean Patrol
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returned home June 23 to Cape Canaveral after a two-month Caribbean patrol, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The crew’s patrol focused on enforcing U.S….
Coast Guard Repatriates 11 Migrants to Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) repatriated 11 Dominican migrants to a Dominican navy patrol vessel June 19 in waters just off Samana, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of an illegal migrant voyage in…
