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Munro returns home after 119-day, multi-mission patrol; more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine seized and shadow tanker boarding
The'Munro-WMSL 755' returned to its home port in Alameda, on March 8, 2026,, following a historic 119-day multi-mission deployment spanning more than 26,000 miles from the Eastern Pacific Ocean to the Northern Atlantic. The 'Munro' had departed Alameda on Nov 3, 2025, to conduct training workups and participate in the exercise Resolute Hunter off San Diego, before sailing into the Eastern Pacific to execute a counternarcotics patrol in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Operation Pacific Viper. The 'Munro' was then diverted to the Atlantic Ocean in support of the Department of War’s Operation Southern Spear. While supporting U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force South and Coast Guard Southwest District, Munro detected and identified a heavily laden go-fast vessel transiting along a known smuggling route in the Eastern Pacific. With the help of its two cutter pursuit boats, Scan Eagle short-range unmanned aerial system, and an embarked MH-65 aircraft from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), the 'Munro' successfully found, tracked and interdicted the vessel using warning shots and disabling fire from the HITRON aircraft. The 'Munro' subsequently detained six suspected narco-terrorists and seized 22,052 pounds of cocaine valued at over $250 million – the single largest maritime drug seizure in 18 years, and the largest ever in HITRON’s history. This interdiction continued the Coast Guard’s historic counter-drug operations through Operation Pacific Viper, including the seizure of over 200,000 pounds of cocaine along maritime smuggling routes from South and Central America since early August. After transiting through the Panama Canal, the 'Munro' took station in the Caribbean Sea, ready to conduct new tasking in support of Operation Southern Spear. The 'Munro' located and identified the dark fleet tanker 'Bella 1', a U.S. sanctioned vessel determined to be without nationality and subject to U.S. jurisdiction. The 'Munro’ continuously pursued the non-compliant vessel across the North Atlantic Ocean for 18-days and over 4,900-miles. The pursuit culminated with the boarding of the 'Bella 1', during which the 'Munro' worked in tandem with assets of the US Department of Defense (DoD) to seize control of the tanker for further transfer to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security for disposition. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4426962/coast-guard-cutter-munro-crew-returns-home-after-119-day-multi-mission-patrol-m/
More than 150,000 pounds of cocaine seized in Eastern Pacific
The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Dec 9 that more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine were seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching the Operation Pacific Viper in early August. The seizure represents over 57 million potentially lethal doses. The interdictions have denied criminal organizations more than $1.1 billion in illicit revenue. On Dec 2, the 'Munro' seized over 20,000 pounds of cocaine in a single interdiction after utilizing disabling fire on a heavily laden go-fast vessel. The Coast Guard Cutter 'James' executed four significant seizures across 10 days in November, netting 19,819 pounds of cocaine. The Coast Guard Cutter 'Stone' offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth over $362 million at Port Everglades, the largest single-patrol seizure by any Coast Guard cutter. The Coast Guard’s law enforcement approach stands in stark contrast to a parallel military campaign that has drawn intense criticism. Since September, Trump’s Department of War has conducted at least 23 airstrikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, resulting in more than 87 deaths. The Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently defended a controversial operation on Sep 2 at the Reagan National Defense Forum, dismissing criticism over a second military strike on two survivors. Defense Department’s Law of War Manual forbids attacks on incapacitated or shipwrecked combatants who abstain from hostilities and don’t attempt escape. However, accounts of the attack have prompted concerns that U.S. forces may have carried out a war crime. While the Coast Guard continued traditional law enforcement interdictions with record-breaking success, the Department of War has pursued lethal military action that has drawn criticism from international human rights organizations, U.S. allies, and members of Congress. Coast Guard interdictions in the Eastern Pacific are performed under the authority and control of the Coast Guard’s Southwest District, headquartered in Alameda, California. Detection and monitoring involves coordination through U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force-South, based in Key West, Florida.
Munro crew offloaded more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego
The crew of the 'Munro (WMSL 755)' offloaded more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of 335.8 million, on Nov 18, 2024, in San Diego, as a result of nine separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutters 'Munro', 'Vigorous', 'Hamilton' and the USS 'St. Louis' in September and October. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3970574/media-advisory-coast-guard-to-offload-more-than-29000-pounds-of-cocaine-in-san/
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