SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Nov. 24, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel near Dorado, Puerto…
Icebreaker Returns Home following Northwest Passage Transit, Arctic Research Missions, Circumnavigation of North America
SEATTLE — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to their Seattle homeport Saturday following a 22,000-mile, 133-day deployment circumnavigating North America, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said Nov. 20. The crew aboard Healy, a 420-foot medium…
Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star Begins 25th Antarctic Voyage
SEATTLE — The United States’ only heavy icebreaker departed its homeport in Seattle Nov. 13 with a crew of 159 U.S. Coast Guard men and women and is heading toward Antarctica, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. …
Coast Guard, Partners Rescue 17 Mariners in 2 Days
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Over the course of two days, Nov. 11-12, Coast Guard crews, partner agencies and volunteers responding to three maritime emergencies rescued a total of 17 boaters in dire straits off the Alaska, California and Micronesia coasts, the Coast Guard…
Cutter Spencer Returns to Portsmouth After Patrolling the Eastern U.S. Coast
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…
