Coast Guard continues search for missing captain of HMS Bounty
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard continues its search Wednesday for the missing captain of the HMS Bounty approximately 145 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C.
Missing is Robin Walbridge, 63.
The Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, a 378-foot high-endurance cutter homeported in Charleston, S.C., arrived on scene at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday and began searching for Walbridge. The crew aboard the HC-130...
Coast Guard continues search for missing captain of HMS Bounty
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard continues its search Tuesday for the missing captain of the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, approximately 125 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C.
Missing is Robin Walbridge, 63, and deceased is Claudene Christian, 42.
The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C., arrived on scene at approximately 7:15 p.m. Monday...
Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin crew to return to Charleston, S.C., following three month patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The crew of the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin is scheduled to return to its homeport of Charleston, S.C., Wednesday at 6 p.m.
During the 91-day patrol, the Gallatin crew conducted law enforcement and supported U.S. counter-drug operations in the Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits while deployed with an aviation detachment from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical...
Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin crew to return to Charleston, S.C., following 76-day patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The crew of the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin is to return to their homeport of Charleston, Wednesday.
During the 76-day patrol, the Gallatin crew conducted law enforcement and supported U.S. counter-drug operations in the Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits while deployed with an aviation detachment from Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron Jacksonville,...
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home after successful patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return to their homeport of Portsmouth, Sunday at noon, following a 52-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
During the deployment, the crew aboard the Tampa, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter, worked alongside government agencies to prevent $138.6 million worth of illegal drugs from entering the United States.
The crew worked...
Coast Guards seizes nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Charleston, S.C., seized 1,957 pounds of cocaine from a fishing vessel in the Caribbean Sea Nov. 20.
The Gallatin crew boarded the 40-foot fishing vessel and located 37 bales of cocaine and detained four suspected smugglers.
The cocaine has an estimated wholesale value of more than $23.5 million.
The...
Coast Guard offloads 2,300 pounds of marijuana, nearly 900 pounds of cocaine in Key West, Fla.
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Canaveral, Fla., offloaded 2,300 pounds of marijuana and 886 pounds of cocaine at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., Tuesday.
The contraband was interdicted during two separate cases since Oct. 14.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in...
Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin returns to homeport
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The crew of the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin returned home to Charleston Sunday after a successful 83-day deployment.
The Gallatin crew steamed over 9,500 miles in the Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits, enforcing maritime laws and treaties and supporting U.S. Counter-Drug Strategy.
This was the Gallatin’s first patrol in nearly three years, as the high endurance...
