November 6, 2019 – USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USCGC Robert Ward (WPC 1130) and local Marines arrived at Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego, Nov. 5, to begin a week-long tribute to the sea services during the 22nd annual Fleet Week San Diego (FWSD) through Nov. 12. FWSD is an opportunity for the American public to meet their…
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July 31, 2019 – Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC-632) returned home July 30th to Astoria following a 56-day counternarcotic patrol to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew interdicted five suspected smuggling vessels, including three pangas, a fishing vessel and a sailboat, and the crew recovered floating bales of contraband yielding more than 23,000 of cocaine. The Steadfast crew offload more…
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July 26, 2019 – Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC-632) offloaded more than 26,000 pounds of seized cocaine in San Diego Friday. The cocaine, worth an estimated $350 million, was seized in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The contraband represents six suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions and the recovery of floating cocaine bales by the crews of two Coast…
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August 21, 2018 – Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC ROBERT WARD, the 30th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on the 21st of August, 2018 in Key West, Florida. “We are proud to announce the delivery of the latest FRC, the USCGC ROBERT WARD,” said Ben Bordelon, Bollinger President & C.E.O.…
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