Coast Guard Cutter Alert, crew returns to homeport
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) crew offloads approximately 4,000 pounds of marijuana, January 18, 2023, in San Diego. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Jan. 24 after a 58-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Alert crew conducted counter-narcotics operations off the...
Coast Guard Cutter Decisive returns home from final patrol
The Reliance-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Decisive (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive (WMEC 629) returned to their homeport in Pensacola, Friday, following a 33-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, concluding 55 years of service to the Nation.
Decisive patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the Coast Guard Eleventh District’s...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns to Astoria following 68-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Alert file photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew returned to their homeport Saturday Oct. 8, following a 68-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The crew steamed over 13,700 nautical miles ranging from Oregon to Columbia and conducted counter-drug missions, search-and-rescue operations, and international...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert completes successful fisheries patrol off WA, OR coasts
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert return to the cutter in its small boat July 23, 2021, after conducting vessel boardings during a 60-day fisheries patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert and its crew returned to homeport in Astoria Saturday after completing a 60-day law enforcement patrol, during...
Coast Guard rescues man in life raft offshore Gray Harbor, WA
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued a man in an emergency life raft Saturday offshore of Grays Harbor.
At 11:39 a.m., Friday, watchstanders at the 13th Coast Guard District Command Center received an emergency position indicating radio beacon activation alert for the fishing vessel Ruby Lily approximately 132 miles from Grays Harbor. Watchstanders launched crews from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria,...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert holds Change of Command ceremony
Coast Guard Cutter Alert file photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) hosted a change of command ceremony Friday outside of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria.
Rear Admiral Peter Gautier, deputy commander U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony where Cmdr. Matthew Kolodica relieved Cmdr. Tyson...
Coast Guard Cutter Alertt returns home following law enforcement patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert and its crew return to homeport in Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, following a 63-day patrol that began in early February. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) returned home to Astoria Wednesday following a 63-day counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Working in...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home from 60-day patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 51-year-old cutter homeported in Astoria, Oregon, returns to homeport Tuesday, October 27, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) returned to their home port Tuesday following a 60-day living marine resources patrol that began in late August.
The cutter and crew...
Smuggler in historic Coast Guard drug bust off Oregon coast sentenced to prison
PORTLAND, Ore. – The smuggler apprehended in a historic Coast Guard drug seizure off the Oregon coast in 2019 was sentenced to prison Thursday.
John Philip Stirling, 66, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA).
On April 9, 2019,...
