BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WMEC 905) crew returned home to Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 28, after a 59-day patrol, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. The crew’s seizure of 440 pounds of cocaine and 1,500 pounds…
Coast Guard Transfers 2 Suspected Smugglers, $8.5M in Seized Cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutters Mohawk and Charles David Jr. transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and $8.5 million in seized cocaine to federal agents at Coast Guard Base San Juan Jan. 28, following the interdiction…
U.S. Coast Guard, Russian Border Guard Patrolled Maritime Boundary Line
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew and a Russian aircraft crew patrolled the Bering Sea maritime boundary line between Russia and the United States in mid-January, the Coast Guard 17th District said in a Jan. 27…
Coast Guard, Border Patrol Seize $1.9 million in Cocaine; Apprehend 2 Smugglers
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard aircrew combined efforts with U.S. Border Patrol agents during a drug smuggling event Jan. 23 that resulted in the seizure of 157 pounds (71 Kilos) of cocaine and the arrest of two suspected…
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns home after 58-day patrol in Northern Atlantic
BOSTON — The crew of USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to Kittery, Maine, Jan. 26 after a 58-day fisheries patrol in the Northern Atlantic, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. The crew’s efforts support the Coast Guard…
Fairbanks Morse Awarded Contract to Service U.S. Coast Guard Cutters
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, was awarded a six-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Coast Guard, the company said in a Jan. 26 release. The agreement, worth approximately $53 million, enables Fairbanks Morse to…
U.S. Coast Guard Commissions 41st Fast Response Cutter
PORTSMOUTH, Va.,— The USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s first Sentinel-class fast response cutter, was commissioned into service at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Jan. 22, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a release. Adm. Karl Shultz, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,…
USCGC Resolute Completes 42-day Winter Caribbean Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Resolute (WMEC 620) returned to St. Petersburg, Florida, on Jan. 14, following a 42-day patrol in support of Operation Southeast Watch and others, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a Jan. 21 release. Resolute traveled…
Coast Guard Brings Unique Authorities, Capabilities to Tri-Services Maritime Strategy, Commandant Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will bring a less militaristic face to the persistent global presence of U.S. naval power outlined in the new Tri-Service Maritime Strategy, the Coast Guard’s commandant says. The strategy, unveiled in mid-December, seeks an…
Cutter Joseph Gerczak Conducts Patrol to Increase Maritime Presence in Pacific
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of its expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal fishing and strengthen maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati…
