KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Hickory crewmembers delivered pallets of water to the remote community of Angoon, Alaska, on Feb. 14, after the residents experienced waterline failures, the Coast Guard 17th District said in a Feb. 16 release. The cutter crew loaded…
Cutters Interdict 3 Suspected Smuggling Vessels, $156M of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 and seized more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million,…
Cutter Mohawk Returns to Key West after Interdicting $69 Million in Drugs
KEY WEST, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk’s (WMEC 913) crew returned home to Key West Feb. 12 after a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The crew interdicted four drug vessels, detained five suspected drug smugglers and seized approximately…
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Collects High-Latitude Data of Remote Arctic Region
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Juneau, Alaska on Feb. 12, for a logistics stop as the crew nears the end of their months-long Arctic deployment conducting scientific research and protecting the nation’s maritime…
Bollinger Shipyards Delivers 43rd Fast Response Cutter
LOCKPORT, La.—Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC Frederick Hatch to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, the company said in a Feb. 10 release. This is the 166th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard…
Atlantic Area-based Coast Guard Cutters Offload More than $330M Worth of Illegal Narcotics
MIAMI — Two Coast Guard Atlantic Area-based cutters offloaded more than $330 million worth of illegal narcotics, Feb. 4 and Feb. 8, at Port Everglades, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a Feb. 8 release. …
CGC Steadfast Returns Home after 45-Day Counter-Narcotics Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returned to its homeport of Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 30 following a 45-day counter-narcotics patrol, where the crew transited more than 10,000 miles conducting law enforcement operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast…
U.S., Russia Sign Joint Contingency Plan for Pollution Response in the Bering and Chukchi Seas
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service recently signed the 2020 Joint Contingency Plan of the United States of America & the Russian Federation in Combating Pollution on the Bering & Chukchi Seas, the Coast…
Polar Star Takes Cuttermen to School in the Arctic
America’s only heavy icebreaker is conducting training in a realistic environment — the Arctic. When the National Science Foundation scaled back the research activities at McMurdo Station in Antarctica because of COVID 19, USCGC Polar Star’s annual deployment in support…
Coast Guard, Navy offload more than $211M worth of cocaine, marijuana in San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard and Navy personnel offloaded approximately 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana Feb. 1, amounting to more than $211 million from seizures in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The offload is…
