VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their homeport in Virginia Beach, Nov. 5, following a 29-day patrol in the Florida Straits, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a…
Coast Guard Cutter Active Returns to Port Angeles after Eastern Pacific Patrol
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew returned to their homeport Friday after a 65-day patrol in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean near Central and South America, the Coast Guard Pacific Area…
USCGC Reliance Returns Home Following 67-Day Migrant-Interdiction Patrol
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their homeport in Pensacola, Nov. 4, following a 67-day Caribbean Sea patrol. During the patrol, Reliance’s crew collaborated with numerous Coast Guard assets and other…
Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry Conducts Bilateral Shiprider Boardings with Samoa
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124), a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter homeported in Honolulu, patrolled the Independent State of Samoa’s exclusive economic zone while partnering with Samoan Maritime Police and Fisheries Officers, where they executed four…
Coast Guard Cutter Midgett Returns Home from Western Pacific Deployment
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) and crew returned to its homeport, Monday, following an 83-day, 16,000 nautical-mile deployment to the Western Pacific, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a Nov. 1 release. The Midgett…
Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home after Encounter with Chinese, Russian Naval Ships
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), which encountered a formation of Russian and Chinese naval ships near Alaska in September, returned to its Honolulu homeport, Oct. 28, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in an Oct. 29…
HMS Medway, U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Seize Cocaine in Caribbean
LONDON — A Royal Navy ship and U.S. Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400 kilograms of cocaine worth around £24m on Britain’s streets from a boat in the Caribbean, the U.K. Ministry Of Defence said in an Oct….
Coast Guard Establishes New Base in Oregon
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard held an establishment ceremony Oct. 26 in Warrenton, Oregon, to formally establish Coast Guard Base Astoria. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Todd Wimmer assumed command of the new unit. Rear Adm. Jon Hickey, the…
Coast Guard Delivers Upgraded MH-65 Helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Oct. 25 to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 helicopter unit. The avionics upgrade to…
DHS S&T and NOAA Transition Harmonized Waterway Database to Coast Guard
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is delivering a harmonized geospatial dataset of national waterways to all federal agencies that comprise the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS), the directorate said…
