Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter seizes more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine [Image 5 of 6]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.26.2019

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

A boarding team member from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) inspects contraband discovered within a suspected drug smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2019. Midgett crew members boarded the low-profile go-fast vessel seizing more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine during the cutter’s transit from the Pascagoula shipyard where Midgett was built to the cutter’s future homeport in Honolulu where the cutter is scheduled for commissioning during a dual-commissioning ceremony August 24, 2019 with Midgett’s sister ship the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756). U.S. Coast Guard photo.

• Date Taken: 07.26.2019
• Date Posted: 08.07.2019 17:35
• Photo ID: 5650595
• VIRIN: 190726-G-G0200-439
• Resolution: 1348x912
• Size: 477.38 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN