KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returned to its homeport after a 90-day patrol in support of Operations Southeast Watch and Unified Resolve in the Caribbean Sea in support of alien migrant interdiction operations,…
Coast Guard, CBIG Interdict Go-Fast, Seize $30 Million in Cocaine
SAINT THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded 2,606 pounds of cocaine and transferred custody of three suspected smugglers Dec. 14 to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents in St. Thomas…
Hamilton Returns Home from 54-Day Counter-Drug Patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew returned to home Dec. 17 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Charleston, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. Hamilton’s crew spent the majority of their 54-day…
Coast Guard Commandant ‘Guardedly Optimistic’ for Icebreaker Funding in 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. — Funding for the Coast Guard’s requirement for new icebreakers in fiscal 2019 is in peril but the Coast Guard remains confident that a conference between the House and Senate will allow the service to begin procurement. “We’re…
Coast Guard Cutter Abbie Burgess Returns After Great Lakes Patrol
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Abbie Burgess returned to its homeport of Rockland, Maine, Dec. 12 after a 37-day patrol to the Great Lakes region in support of Operation Fall Retrieve. During the patrol, Abbie Burgess’ crew…
San Pedro-Based Cutter Returns to Homeport Following First Drug Bust
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The crew of a San Pedro-based Coast Guard cutter returned to their homeport Dec. 8 following a two-week patrol that included the ship’s first drug bust, the 11th Coast Guard District said in a release. The…
Coast Guard Continues Search for Possible Survivors of Capsized Migrant Boat
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Dec. 7 for possible survivors of a capsized migrant boat in waters just off Isla Saona, Dominican Republic. So far, 21 people have been rescued, while seven others are…
U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy Offload More than 5,100 Pounds of Seized Cocaine
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…
