uscgc – Pacific Maritime Magazine

02 Jan

USCG Cutter Harriet Lane Arrives at New Home Port in Hawaii

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After traveling 36 days and more than 8,000 nautical miles from Portsmouth, Va., the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area’s newest Indo-Pacific support cutter, Harriet Lane, has made its way to its new home port at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, the Guard announced Dec. 13. Before relocating to Hawaii, the 270-foot medium endurance cutter was in Baltimore for more than 15 months in a Service Life Extension Program to help transition the vessel for missions and operations in the Pacific. “Re-homeporting U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane is indicative of the Coast Guard’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific,” Rear Adm.…

Coast Guard Cutter Intercepts $76+ Million Worth of Cocaine

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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert has offloaded over $76 million of cocaine in San Diego, the Guard announced June 9. The 5,776 pounds of drugs was intercepted during a counternarcotics patrol in international waters off the Central and South America coasts in May. The crew of the 210-foot medium endurance cutter partners with various agencies to combat illegal drug operations, including the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security. Enforcement in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is done under the authority of the Alameda, Calif.-based Eleventh Coast Guard District. Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto, commander of the Coast Guard 11th District,…

USCG Cutter Hickory Gets New Commander

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The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Hickory is now led by Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Shea G. Winterberger, who officially took command of the vessel from Cmdr. Jeannette M. Greene during a recent change-of-command ceremony at the Pioneer Pier in Homer, Alaska on May 19. Presiding over the command change was Rear Adm. Nathan A. Moore. Winterberger now oversees the 48 crew members who are responsible for maintaining over 170 buoys and beacons from Kachemak Bay to the Kuskokwim River. Winterberger comes from her latest assignment at USCG’s Office of Budget and Programs, serving as the Surface and…