Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.21.2022
The crew of USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) return to home port in Virginia Beach, Virginia Dec. 21, 2022. Vigorous is a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter with a crew of 74. The cutter’s primary missions are counterdrug operations, migrant interdiction, enforcing federal fishery laws and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.05.2022
Crew members assigned to USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) moor to the pier in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sept. 5, 2022. The cutter returned to its homeport following a 53-day patrol to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.11.2016
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous returns to Virginia Beach, Virginia, July 11, 2016. Vigorous returned home following a 55-day deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Coast Guard's Western Hemisphere Strategy. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 11.15.2013
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Vigorous offloads $40 million worth of cocaine at Port Everglades, Fla., Friday. The drugs are the results of two interdictions carried out as part of Operation Martillo. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios....
