Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns home after patrol
The crew of USCGC Steadfast return to the cutter’s homeport in Astoria, Oregon, following a patrol July 21, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) and crew returned to homeport, Friday, after a 70-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific.
Steadfast’s crew disrupted the flow of illegal...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast offloads $158 million of drugs
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) stack interdicted, illegal drugs on the flight deck of the cutter as they prepare to offload in San Diego, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga)
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) offloaded more than 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana...
Coast Guard crew offloads $166 million worth of narcotics in San Diego
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche stack interdicted drugs on the flight deck of the cutter as they prepare to offload in San Diego, March 28, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga)
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crew offloaded more than 6,325 pounds of cocaine and more than 13,220 pounds of marijuana worth more than $166...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns home from patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast’s crew stands in formation with 3,300 pounds of cocaine seized from suspected smugglers while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 4, 2023. U.S Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Geoffrey DeLorie.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) and crew returned to their Astoria homeport, Tuesday, following a 69-day counternarcotics patrol in the...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast interdiction sends seven to prison
Tampa, FL – Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced seven Mexican and Ecuadorian nationals to federal prison for their roles in a plan to smuggle more than $20 million of cocaine from South America to Central America in a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The individuals were sentenced to the following prison terms:
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Coast Guard Cutter Active returns to Port Angeles after patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Active transits outbound from San Diego following a logistics stop during the cutter’s patrol of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Sept. 6, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd class Devin Adams.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew returned to their homeport Friday after a 65-day patrol in international waters of the Eastern Pacific...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns home after 55-day patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) is moored while the cutter made a port call to Huatulco Mexico, Aug. 29, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The United States Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to their Astoria homeport Monday following a 55-day counter-narcotics patrol.
The crew aboard the 210-foot medium endurance cutter steamed more than 11,000 miles conducting...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns home following 2-month patrol
ASTORIA, Oregon. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) and crew returned to the cutter’s homeport in Astoria Thursday after a 48-day patrol of the California coast.
The 54-year-old cutter and crew conducted drug and migrant interdiction, living marine resource protection, and search and rescue operations along the U.S.-Mexico maritime border.
The Steadfast crew coordinated with Customs...
Coast Guard, good Samaritan crew rescue 3 near Cape Flattery, WA
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel crew rescued three people aboard a 48-foot fishing vessel taking on water Friday one mile north of Tatoosh Island near Cape Flattery.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound command center received a report at 1:15 a.m. Friday that the 48-foot commercial...
