In one incident, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located an overloaded 30-foot
go-fast vessel 30 miles southeast of Anguilla Cay, Bahamas, Sunday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne was diverted from its patrol and interdicted the go-fast vessel approximately 50 miles southwest of Williams Island, Bahamas. Aboard the vessel were 32 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers. The Cuban migrants were safely transferred to the cutter and the two suspected smugglers were turned over to Border Patrol officials in Key West.
Additionally, Coast Guard personnel at Sector Key West were notified by the captain of the cruise ship, Norwegian Pearl, that they had picked up five Cuban migrants from a rustic vessel about 50 miles southeast of Key West, Friday. The Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke was diverted to the scene and safely transferred the migrants aboard the cutter Once aboard Coast Guard cutters, all migrants are provided with food, water, shelter and necessary medical attention.
The Chandeleur is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Miami. The Key Biscayne is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Key West. The Ocracoke is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Coast Guard Repatriates 218 Haitian Migrants
January 5, 2009 (Miami) -
MIAMI - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear repatriated 218 Haitian migrants from three separate interdictions at sea within the past five days to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Monday.
- Bear crewmembers interdicted a 50-foot Haitian sail freighter with 84 Haitian migrants between Great Inagua, Bahamas, and Punta Maisi, Cuba, Wednesday.
- Bear crewmembers interdicted a 40-foot Haitian sail freighter approximately 20 miles west of Haiti with 69 Haitian migrants aboard, Friday.
- Bear crewmembers interdicted a 25-foot Haitian go-fast vessel 33 miles north of Cap Haitien with 65 Haitian migrants aboard, Sunday.
The crew from the Bear safely embarked all the migrants from their grossly overloaded vessels.
Migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical care while aboard Coast Guard cutters.
Bear is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
Coast Guard Repatriates 39 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island repatriated 39 Cuban migrants, from three separate interdictions at sea within the past four days, to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Sunday.
In one incident, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable located a go-fast vessel suspected of smuggling migrants about 15 miles north of Dog Rocks, Bahamas, Wednesday. The vessel reportedly stopped without incident and boarding team members were launched to inspect the vessel. Once aboard, crewmembers determined there were 32 migrants and two suspected smugglers on the go-fast.
The migrants were later transferred to the crew of the Kodiak Island and the suspected smugglers to U.S. Border Patrol officers.
Once aboard Coast Guard cutters, all migrants are provided with food, water, shelter and necessary medical attention.
The Kodiak Island is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Dependable is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in Cape May, N.J
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