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Coast Guard interdicts 22 Cuban migrants at Cay Sal Bank

The Coast Guard assisted Bahamian authorities in interdicting 22 Cuban migrants at Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas, Wednesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew located 22 Cuban migrants on land at Cay Sal Bank.

The Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo (WPC-1112) crew embarked the 21 adult Cuban males and one adult female and safely transferred one migrant to the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered (WPC-1104) crew.

“Our crew was proud to serve such an important mission,” said Lt. Cmdr....

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/coast-guard-interdicts-22-cuban-migrants-at-cay-sal-bank/

Bollinger Shipyards gets order for four more Fast Response Cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Bollinger Shipyards LLC four additional 154’x25′ Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). This announcement brings the total number of FRCs awarded to Bollinger up to 60 vessels since the program’s inception. The Coast Guard’s Program of Record is to procure 64 FRCs.

The FRCs are consistently being deployed in support of the full range of missions within the Coast Guard and other branches of our armed services. FRCs have conducted operations as far as the...

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USCG cutter catches fire in the Pacific

The 418′ U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan on Wednesday after combatting a shipboard engineering fire on Sept. 20, during a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area of operations.

Black smoke was reported at 5:18 p.m. (local time) Sunday, and investigations revealed fires in the exhaust stack and nearby spaces. After 90 minutes of firefighting, the fires were confirmed extinguished.

Five crew members reported minor injuries sustained during...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/uscg-cutter-catches-fire-in-the-pacific/

Coast Guard cutter returns from counter-drug patrol after 65 days

The Coast Guard cutter Mohawk returned to its homeport in Key West, Fla., following a 65-day counter-drug patrol throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea in support of U.S. Southern Command Joint Interagency Task Force — South, as well as the Coast Guard’s 11th District and 7th District.

The cutter Mohawk crew, with a deployed Coast Guard helicopter interdiction tactical squadron crew, interdicted four suspected drug vessels, apprehended more than 25 suspected drug smugglers and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-cutter-returns-from-counter-drug-patrol-after-65-days/

USCG cutter returns home after $12.5 million drug bust

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to Kittery, Maine, Thursday after a 70-day counter-drug patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Tahoma’s crew seized approximately 700 lbs. of cocaine, valued at $12.5 million while working with an armed helicopter interdiction tactical squadron MH-65 aircraft on board.

The crew of Tahoma worked with several other Coast Guard units in the area to detain 27 suspected narcotics traffickers, and interdict 9,600 lbs. of cocaine and 640 lbs. of marijuana.

Taho...

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Coast Guard cutter to go on auction block Dec. 4

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama entered an order to auction off the retired U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bramble.

Once a familiar site on the Great Lakes, the Bramble will be sold at auction on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. The auction will take place at noon local time near the front entrance to the U.S. District Courthouse, 155 St. Joseph St., Mobile, Ala.

Bramble was the subject of a civil matter filed in August by several lien claimants. All further information on the case and the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-cutter-to-go-on-auction-block-dec-4/

Coast Guard recycles concrete buoy sinkers on artificial reef

The U.S. Coast Guard has recycled more than 140,000 lbs. of concrete buoy sinkers on an artificial reef near Yarmouth, Mass.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) and Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) Woods Hole, Mass., used the discontinued concrete sinkers to support the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries’ artificial reef program. Used to anchor buoys in place, concrete sinkers come in a variety of sizes and weights, from 100 lbs. to 20,000 lbs.

Lt. Dan Miller, the executive officer of the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-recycles-concrete-buoy-sinkers-on-artificial-reef/

Bollinger delivers 31st FRC to Coast Guard

The 31st Fast Response Cutter in Key West, Fla. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., has delivered the Terrell Horne, the 31st Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on Oct. 25, 2018, in Key West, Fla.

Powered by two MTU diesels, producing a total of 5,762 hp, the 154’x25′ Sentinel-class patrol craft has a flank speed over 28 knots, state of the art command, control, communications and computer technology, and a stern launch system for the vessel’s 26′ cutter boat. The FRC has been described as an...

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