Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home from counterdrug patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert sails near Puerto Chiapas, Mexico, while participating in a three-day North American Maritime Security Initiative exercise, March 1, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) returned home to Astoria Sunday following a 69-day Eastern Pacific counterdrug deployment. The crew patrolled international waters off the coast of...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell visits Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The 14th Naval Zone of the Mexican Navy hosted military unit tours, professional exchange visits and some spirited sports competition for the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell during a recent two-day port visit to Puerto Chiapas, Mexico, Sept. 5-6.
Boutwell’s crew was welcomed by Capt. Pedro Gabriel Pineda Berdeja, 14th Naval Zone chief of staff. The first day’s...
Coast Guard rescues three boaters near Coronado Islands
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted three boaters about four miles southwest of the Coronado Islands, Mexico, after their boat began taking on water, Sunday.
A commercial marine assistance company contacted the Coast Guard around 3:30 p.m., reporting a 19-foot bayliner was taking on water and the on board pumps were unable to keep up with the flooding.
A Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot...
Cutter Hamilton Returns Home From Successful Drug Patrol
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is scheduled to return to its homeport at Naval Base San Diego, Thursday, Sept. 30, following a 76-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific that resulted in the interdiction of four suspected narcotics smuggling vessels.
During Hamilton’s deployment, the crew and embarked aviation detachment routinely deployed cutter small-boats and the embarked helicopter....
Four Rescued, One deceased in Coronado Islands, Mexico Boat Capsizing
SAN DIEGO — The body of a missing fisherman was found at 11:34 a.m., near the Coronado Islands, Mexico, after a four-hour joint agency search.
