Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 01.07.2022
CHARLESTON, S.C. — USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) returned to their homeport in Charleston Friday following a 61-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, the U.S. Coast Guard's Joint Interagency Task Force South, and the U.S. Coast Guard Eleventh District....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 11.22.2021
MIAMI — The crew of USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) offloaded approximately 26,250 pounds of cocaine and 3,700 pounds of marijuana worth about $504 million Monday at Port Everglades, which is the most significant drug interdiction in the ship’s history....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sydney Phoenix | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 04.26.2021
NAPLES, Italy — The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) conducted operations in the Mediterranean Sea with the Italian coast guard and Italian navy on April 23, 2021....
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 04.01.2021
ATLANTIC OCEAN — The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) with the Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) departed Puerto Rico to transit the North Atlantic to Europe, Thursday, April 1, 2021....
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 03.19.2021
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., — The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) became the Coast Guard's newest national security cutter during a commissioning ceremony Friday at Coast Guard Base Charleston. Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant U.S. Coast Guard, presided over the ceremony....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower and Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 03.03.2021
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) crew arrived in their homeport of North Charleston, S.C., Monday, following the conclusion of the Operation Southern Cross, a patrol to the South Atlantic in support of counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 01.20.2021
One might think that commissioning a new Coast Guard cutter is as simple as assembling it, dropping it in the water, and putting the crew on board, right? Not exactly. The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) is the ninth and newest Legend-class National Security Cutter in the U.S. Coast Guard’s arsenal. The NSC is the most technologically advanced ship in the Coast Guard's fleet, enabling it to meet......
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 01.11.2021
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — While in transit to conduct joint operations off the coast of Guyana as part of Operation Southern Cross, USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) encountered and interdicted a suspected narcotic trafficking vessel south of the Dominican Republic Thursday. Having stopped the illicit activity, Stone handed off the case to the USCGC Raymond Evans (WPC 1110), a fast response cutter......
