Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 08.23.2024
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) conduct an offload of nearly $50 million in illegal narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, Aug. 23, 2024. The offload is a result of suspected drug smuggling interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.22.2022
The crew of the USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Virginia, Dec. 22, 2022, following a 42-day Caribbean Sea patrol. While underway in the Coast Guard Seventh District’s area of operations and in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry and Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast, Escanaba conducted migrant interdiction and search and rescue operations......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 11.16.2022
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 airplane law enforcement crew spotted a grossly overloaded 40-foot sailing vessel near Dog Rocks, Bahamas, Nov. 16, 2022. The people were repatriated to Bahamian authorities Nov. 19, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Groll)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 04.19.2021
The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns to homeport after successful counter narcotics patrol in the Caribbean Ocean, April 19, 2021, at Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The 270-foot Escanaba’s 100-person crew supported operation Leeward Horizon and Unified Resolve, presidential initiatives designed to disrupt transnational criminal organizations in Central and South......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 10.21.2020
U.S. Coast Guard crews worked hard facilitating narcotic offloads in District 7 for Coast Guard cutter Valiant, Venturous, Dauntless, Escanaba, and Thetis crews homeported across the country. These offloads stopped more than $187 million worth of narcotics from coming into the maritime domain. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Pappaly | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 10.20.2020
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned home to Boston after completing a 65-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Tuesday, October 20, 2020. During their patrol, the 100-person crew interdicted five vessels, detained 15 suspected narcotics traffickers attempting to smuggle more than 1,700 pounds of cocaine, almost 500 gallons of liquid cocaine and approximately......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 10.16.2020
Video of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba's crew offload approximately 3,250 pounds of cocaine, 440 pounds of liquid cocaine, and 7,700 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades, Florida, Oct. 16, 2020. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba is homeported in Boston, Massachusetts. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Khor | Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 06.26.2014
Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Arthur Bishop Escanaba, Mich., stationed aboard the Los Angles-class fast attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763), sends a shout out to his family and friends wishing them a happy 4th of July....