PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returned home to Portsmouth after a 33-day patrol Nov. 10, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. During the patrol, the crew conducted operations south of Key West,…
Coast Guard, Partners Complete Cooperative Pacific Surveillance Operation
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and its partners successfully completed the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s (FFA) Operation Kurukuru in the Pacific, Nov. 5, the Coast Guard 14th District said Nov. 9. Operation Kurukuru is an annual coordinated maritime surveillance operation…
Coast Guard Offloads $3.5 million in Seized Cocaine, Transfers 3 Suspected Smugglers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez offloaded $3.5 million in cocaine Friday and transferred custody of three smugglers to federal agents in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard 7th District said…
Cutter Bertholf Returns to Homeport following North Pacific Patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) returned to homeport in Alameda Monday, following a 105-day deployment throughout the North Pacific, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said Nov. 1. The crew patrolled more than 27,000…
U.S. Coast Guard, Haitian Coast Guard Interdict Suspected Drug Smugglers
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle’s crew transferred 1,485 pounds of marijuana and three suspected drug smugglers to Haitian Coast Guard crewmembers on Wednesday, following an interdiction off the coast of Haiti. The small boat crew transferred 27 bales…
Cutter Kimball Returns to Homeport after Patrol in Bering Sea and Arctic
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returned to homeport in Honolulu, Hawaii Oct. 27 following a 66-day patrol in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release. The crew traveled nearly…
USCGC Legare Returns Home from 61-day Counter-Narcotic Deployment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) returned home Thursday after an eight-week counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South and the Coast Guard 11th District, the Coast Guard 5th…
Bollinger Shipyards Delivers 46th FRC Ahead of Schedule Despite Hurricane Ida Hit
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the newest Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC), the USCGC John Scheuerman, to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, nearly a week ahead of schedule despite a three-week shutdown due to the significant damage sustained to Bollinger’s facilities during Hurricane Ida,…
Cutter Munro Returns Home following Western Pacific Deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) and crew returned to their Alameda homeport Oct. 20 following a 102-day, 22,000-nautical-mile deployment to the Western Pacific, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. Munro departed…
Coast Guard Commissions Sentinel-class Cutter Emlen Tunnell
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s fourth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, into service at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia Oct. 15, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in release. Adm. Karl Schultz,…
