The cutter and its helicopter crew pushed through storms to capture drugs being smuggled to relay points in the eastern ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WSML 751) returned to homeport in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday after 120 days on patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. Family and friends were there to greet the crew.

Lee, 23, from Rancho Cordova, California, who was reported unaccounted for Tuesday morning while the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) was operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

After months at sea, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to San Diego on Thursday, with over 37,000 pounds of confiscated cocaine and one less crew member, lost at sea, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche unloaded a cache of cocaine with an estimated street value of $275 million last week in San Diego. The total weight offloaded Thursday: 37,256 pounds ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche had been stationed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from December through February to intercept suspected drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico ...

Earlier this year, the Coast Guard cutter Waesche offloaded more than 37,000 pounds of cocaine seized from smuggling boats off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America between ...

Waesche was commissioned in 2010, the second ship in the Legend Class, the Coast Guard's largest offshore maritime cutters at 418 feet long. It can hold a crew of nearly 150 and is used for ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche had been stationed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from December through February to intercept suspected drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico ...

US Coast Guard cutter Waesche (WSML-751) and crew transit the San Francisco Bay en route to their Base Alameda, California, home port, Aug. 11, 2024. US Coast Guard Photo The Coast Guard is ...