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U.S. Coast Guard operating out of Charleston
March 14, 2018 — Many may be familiar with the U.S. Coast Guard’s myriad of missions including search and rescue, law enforcement, port security, aids to navigation and marine safety -- especially since our boats, small cutters, buoy tenders, and helicopters are always out and about in the Lowcountry. What may be less known is, since the end of 2014, Charleston has... MORE

USCGC Hamilton destroys a suspected smuggling vessel as a hazard to navigation following a Feb. 2018 interdiction operation.

A day in the life of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James
August 29, 2017 — Note: The JAMES is a 418 ft. National Security Cutter homeported in Charleston, S.C. It is the fifth NSC and most sophisticated cutter in the fleet. The story below is told from the BMC’s perspective. SOMEWHERE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - It is 11 pm and a Maritime Patrol Aircraft reports a possible drug smuggling “go-fast” boat headed north... MORE

USCGC JAMES' helicopter and small boats interdicting drug smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.