Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home after 84-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, $191M in cocaine seized

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Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home after 84-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, $191M in cocaine seized
05/09/2025 03:59 PM EDT

HONOLULU — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their Honolulu home port Monday after an 84-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While patrolling international waters off the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Central, and South America, Kimball's crew interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, seizing $191 million worth of cocaine and apprehending 18 suspected drug smugglers.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the national security cutter USCGC Kimball (WMSL 756) maneuver the ship to the pier on Coast Guard Base Honolulu May 5, 2025. The cutter's crew returned from an 84-day Eastern Pacific patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)