Coast Guard transfers 115 people to Haiti, Bahamas

Coast Guard Cutters Seneca and Raymond Evans’ crew members stop a 33-foot a migrant voyage about 48 miles north of Cap-Haitian, Haiti, June 30, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated 94 people to Haiti and transferred 21 people to the Bahamas following three separate migrant vessel interdictions in the past week which originated from either Haiti or Bahamas.
The Coast...
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home following 24-day Caribbean Sea patrol

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca pulls into home port in Portsmouth, Virginia, Feb. 17, 2023, following a 24-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Friday, following a 24-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
During the patrol,...
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns to homeport following 54-day patrol

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca’s 26-foot Small Boat, Over the Horizon, prepares to be launched for Living Marine Resources Fisheries boardings. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Miller)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. —The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) returned to homeport in Portsmouth Thursday, after a 54-day deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Seneca crew supported the...
Cutter Seneca crewmembers return home following 42-day Mid-Atlantic patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca in the Mid-Atlantic. U.S. Coast Guard file photo.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, after a 42-day Mid-Atlantic patrol on March 13, 2021.
The ship’s law enforcement teams boarded commercial fishing vessels from the coast of New Jersey to Florida in support of the Coast Guard’s mission of protecting...
Coast Guard, Navy offload $211 million worth of cocaine, marijuana in San Diego

Members of Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 407 (LEDET) offloads 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana in San Diego, Feb. 1, 2021.(Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard and Navy personnel offloaded approximately 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana Monday, amounting todd more than $211 million from seizures in international...
Cutter James offloads more than $411.3 million in drugs at Port Everglades

Members of the Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) crew stand next to approximately 23,000 pounds of cocaine and 8,800 pounds of marijuana Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 aboard the cutter at Port Everglades Cruise Port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez.
MIAMI—The Coast Guard Cutter James crew offloaded more than 23,000 pounds of cocaine and...
Coast Guard provides assistance after Hurricane Eta

A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) MH-65 Dolphin aircrew forward deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca medevacs a Honduran near Puerto Lempira, Honduras Nov. 13, 2020. The Coast Guard is assisting in urgent search and rescue and redistribution of relief aid in Honduras affected by Hurricane Eta. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PUERTO LEMPIRA, Honduras — A Coast Guard...
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca ends 33-year homeport tenure in Boston

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca file photo by PA3 Connie Terrell
BOSTON — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca departed Coast Guard Base Boston Wednesday, en route to their new homeport in Portsmouth, Virginia.
After 33 years homeported in Boston, Seneca will continue service with six other 270-foot, medium endurance cutters, homeported at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. This will allow the Coast Guard...
Cutter Seneca returns home after migrant interdiction and counter-narcotics patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca file photo
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned home to Boston after a 57-day deployment in the Caribbean Sea, Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Throughout the patrol, Seneca rescued 187 Haitian migrants, conducted countless hours of training exercises with Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, and spent several weeks as a law enforcement presence in the southern Caribbean aided...