Cutter Resolute Returns From Successful Patrol
Story and photo by Ensign Walter Krolman, CGC Resolute
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, home-ported at in St. Petersburg returned Aug. 26 from a productive, eight-week law-enforcement patrol in the Windward Pass, located between The Republic of Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
Resolute departed July 5, and transited to the Windward Pass under the tactical control of the Seventh Coast Guard District headquartered in Miami. Missions assigned to the cutter and its crewmembers included enforcement of laws and treaties, migrant and drug interdiction, and search and rescue.
CARIBBEAN SEA -- Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crewmembers are in a small boat preparing to safely transfer migrants, a few at a time, from the overloaded sailing vessel to the Coast Guard cutter. Coast Guard photograph by Ensign Walter Krolman.
After the first interdiction, Resolute repatriated the 116 migrants to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 94 migrants from the second interdiction were transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant for repatriation.
In addition to Resolute's assigned missions, its crewmembers completed helicopter deck landing qualifications which ensures that the ship's flight deck and crew are fully capable of conducting all-weather flight operations. Resolute crewmembers also completed numerous drills and training during their transit and qualified many crewmembers for their primary workstation.
During this patrol, the 210-foot medium endurance cutter transited more than 9,000-nautical miles and worked in conjunction with several cutters during daily operations; including small boat transfers, migrant transfers, and refueling operations. The crew would like to thank the community, as well as their friends and family, for supporting them and their missions allowing Resolute to continue to be true to its motto "Anywhere, Any Time, Any Sea".
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