Coast Guard Cutter Active returns home from counternarcotics patrol
U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Wood.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew returned to Port Angeles following a 76-day, 12,000-mile counternarcotics patrol in the equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean.
In February, the cutter and crew departed Port Angeles to operate on behalf of Joint -Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), a multi-national...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns home from counternarcotics patrol
Family members reunite with Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crewmembers after the cutter returned home to Base Alameda, California, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crew returned to their Alameda homeport, Friday, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol...
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 Waesche holds change-of-command ceremony
Capts. Robert S. Mohr and Jason H. Ryan exchange a congratulatory handshake at the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche change-of-command ceremony in Alameda, Calif. on July 15, 2022, after completing their relief. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Ensign Andrew Suh.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) held a change-of-command ceremony Friday aboard the cutter while moored at Base Alameda.
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Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns to Alameda after Bering Sea Patrol
During a brief stop for logistics in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a bald eagle made Coast Guard Cutter Waesche’s dual point davit its home for the afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Waesche)
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to homeport in Alameda Saturday following a 77-day Bering Sea patrol, during which the cutter and crew served as the ready asset for...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrives in Japan following an onboard fire
Fire teams on board the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche combat a fire onboard the cutter in the Western Pacific Ocean, September 19th 2020. (Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan Tuesday after combatting a shipboard engineering fire on Sept. 20, during a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche conducts change-of-command ceremony
Capt. Patrick Dougan (left) and Capt. Jason Ryan (right) salute each other during the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche’s change-of-command ceremony while the cutter was at anchorage in the San Francisco Bay, June 4, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Gordon.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) held a modified change-of-command ceremony...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crew returns home after 95-day counter-narcotics patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony L. Soto
ALAMEDA, CA — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL-751) returned April 8 to the ship’s homeport of Alameda following a 95-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Waesche’s deployment supported Joint Interagency Task Force-South, with the ship operating in international waters off the coast...
Coast Guard offloads more than 7.1 tons of cocaine in San Diego
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche poses with pallets holding more than 7.1 tons of contraband Friday at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego April 5, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Guzman)
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloaded more than 14,300 pounds of cocaine in San Diego Friday. The cocaine was seized in international waters...
