SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy crews offloaded more than 5,100 pounds of seized cocaine on Dec. 7, worth nearly $70 million wholesale, in San Diego following a 49-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific aboard…
Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley Returns After Bering Sea Patrol
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport in Kodiak, Alaska, Dec. 6, following a 66-day multimission patrol, the 17th Coast Guard District said in a release. Alex Haley spent the last two months patrolling the…
United States’ Lone Heavy Icebreaker Begins Antarctic Deployment
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived Dec. 4 in Pearl Harbor to make final preparations before sailing to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2019, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The 42-year-old…
Coast Guard, DHS S&T Ventures into Space with Polar Scout Launch
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), launched two CubeSats from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Dec. 3, the Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns Home Following 129-Day Arctic Deployment
SEATTLE — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy returned home Nov. 30e following a four-month deployment in the Arctic, the Coast Guard Pacific Area in a release. In addition to providing presence and access in the Arctic…
Volvo Penta to Supply Engines for Next-Generation RIBs for Coast Guard Cutters
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Volvo Penta of the Americas has been selected to supply the engines, drives and controls for the new U.S. Coast Guard cutter boat large (CBL) rigid-hull inflatable boats (RIBs), which are being built at Metal Craft Marine….
Coast Guard Repatriates 11 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo crew repatriated 11 Cuban migrants Nov. 29 to Cuba, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. A good Samaritan located a rustic vessel approximately 18 miles southeast of Islamorada on…
Coast Guard Repatriates 74 Dominican Migrants After Four At-Sea Interdictions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard returned 74 Dominican migrants to law enforcement authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 27 following the at-sea interdictions of four migrant vessels off Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said…
Coast Guard Repatriates 27 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. crew repatriated 27 Cuban migrants Nov. 22 to Cuba, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew located a…
Coast Guard Offloads 18.5 Tons of Cocaine in Port Everglades
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded approximately 18.5 tons of cocaine Nov. 15 in Port Everglades worth more than an estimated $500 million wholesale seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the 7th…
