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Coast Guard Cutters offloaded approximately 22 pounds of cocaine and 1,256 pounds of marijuana

The crew of the 'Vigorous' offloaded approximately 22 pounds of cocaine and 1,256 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $3 million on Aug 30, 2022, at Base Miami Beach. The drugs were interdicted in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean by crews from the 'Vigorous' and the Coast Guard Cutter 'Legare'. Report with photo: https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-offloads-more-than-3-million-in-illegal-narcotics-in-miami/

Coast Guard Cutter ' transferred 62 Haitians to Bahamian authorities

The 'Vigorous' transferred 62 Haitians to Bahamian authorities on May 9. 2022, after rescuing them in Bahamian waters. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry law enforcement air crew found an overloaded, unsafe, and unstable Haitian sailing vessel, May 2, approximately 75 miles southeast of Key Largo. The aircrew vectored in the Coast Guard Cutters 'Vigorous' and 'Robert Yered'. Once aboard the Coast Guard Cutters, all migrants received food, water, shelter and basic medical attention.

Vigorous to return from two months patrol

The "Vigorous", homeported at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, was scheduled to return at 12:30 p.m. on Ap 1, 2013, following a two-month patrol of the Atlantic seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. During the patrol, the "Vigorous" crew conducted a 6-day escort of the cruise ship "Carnival Triumph" to a cruise ship terminal in Mobile after the ship became disabled and adrift following an engine room fire. The "Vigorou"s crew also medevaced one passenger. Additionally, the "Vigorous" crew worked in support of the Joint Interagency Task Force – South, which combines agency capabilities to jointly stem the flow of narcotics into the U.S. During their deployment, the "Vigorous" crew partnered with the Colombian Navy for a drug interdiction, and a search and rescue case in which a vessel ran aground. The crew also participated in a community service project in Boca Del Toro, Panama, to help restore a nursing home. Medium-endurance cutters, like the 44-year-old Vigorous, are built for multi-week offshore patrols, including operations requiring enhanced communications, and helicopter and pursuit boat operations, which provide a key capability for homeland security missions at sea.