EAST PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, homeported in Alameda, Calif., cruises alongside the Panamanian flagged motor vessel Gatun off the coast of Panama March 2007. Crews of the Sherman and San Diego-based Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton seized 42,845 pounds of cocaine from the vessel, making it the largest maritime drug busts ever for the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photo