PORTSMOUTH, VA. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return to Portsmouth 9 a.m. Friday following a busy, 61-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
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Coast Guard Cutter Tampa to visit Tampa and offer public tours
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa will be at the Port of Tampa, Cruise Ship Terminal 6, 1333 McKay Street, Tampa, where free tours of the ship will be offered to the public Friday and Saturday.
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home after busy patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned to Portsmouth Tuesday following a busy 62-day patrol to the Caribbean.
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home following 25-day Caribbean patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned home Tuesday following an eventful 25-day Caribbean Sea Patrol.
The Tampa crew began their patrol by interdicting a “go-fast” vessel headed toward the U.S. Tampa boarding team members intercepted and boarded the vessel, and detained the two crewmembers aboard suspected of migrant smuggling.
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa makes second trip to Haiti with relief supplies
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa delivered humanitarian relief supplies to the people of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday after several devastating tropical storms and hurricanes severely flooded portions of the island.
The delivery of nearly 17,700 pounds of food supplies donated by Kids Against Hunger, an international food relief organization, was the second [...]
Coast Guard rescues, repatriates 142 Haitian migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa repatriated 142 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., deployed to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, in support of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos spotted an overloaded 50-foot sail freighter Saturday about 12 miles north of Île de [...]
Coast Guard cutter to deliver humanitarian relief aid to Haiti
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to Port au Prince, Haiti, Tuesday after Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike severely flooded portions of the island.
The 6,000 pounds of supplies were donated to Food for the Poor Inc., an international aid agency based in Florida. [...]