HONOLULU — Personnel from the Coast Guard and the State of Hawaii oversaw local salvor’s recovery of a section of the fuselage from a Hawker Hunter aircraft, downed initially in December, off Honolulu, Jan. 8. “Using a blend of local…
Coast Guard Academy Announces Next Superintendent
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Academy announced in a Jan. 10 release that Rear Adm. William G. Kelly to be its 42nd superintendent. Kelly will relieve current Superintendent Rear Adm. James E. Rendon this summer. Kelly currently serves…
Coast Guard, Partners Stop Multiple Smuggling Events off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard interdicted a vessel Jan. 7 with 35 Dominican migrants and 4 kilograms of heroin approximately 34 miles west of Desecheo, Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. The…
Coast Guard, HSI, CBP Interdict Suspected Smuggler, Migrants, Drugs
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interdicted a sport fisher boat with a suspected smuggler, two migrants, a U.S.-Bahamas dual citizen and 7 kilograms of cocaine Jan. 7 north of Miami,…
U.S. Coast Guard Assists Haitian Coast Guard in Stopping Illegal Migrant Voyage
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Haitian Coast Guard in stopping approximately 70 Haitian migrants Jan. 6 approximately 26 miles north of Cap Haïtien, Haiti, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. At approximately 1:30 a.m.,…
HII Awarded Contracts to Build Two More National Security Cutters
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII’s) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received two fixed-price incentive contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build two additional National Security Cutters (NSCs), the company said in a Dec. 21 release. The contract values…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk Returns to Key West After 42-Day Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, homeported in Key West, returned Sunday following a 42-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a Dec. 24 release. The cutter crew…
Cutter Resolute Returns Home After 59-Day Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned home Dec. 31 to St. Petersburg following a 59-day patrol, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. Resolute crew members patrolled more than 9,000 miles…
Munro Returns Home from 105-Day Western Pacific Patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro returned Dec. 24 to their homeport in Alameda after a 105-day, 17,000-nautical mile, multimission deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, according to the Coast Guard Pacific Area. The crew conducted…
Coast Guard Repatriates 41 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard repatriated 15 migrants Dec. 21 and 26 others Dec. 20 to the Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of four migrant vessels in Mona Passage waters off the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico,…
