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Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy

USCGC Tampa returns home following 88-day multi-mission Caribbean Sea patrol

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

April 26, 2023 | 1:30

The crew of the USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Virginia, April 26, 2023, following an 88-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea. Patrolling in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry and Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S) in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility, Tampa’s crew worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, federal agents from throughout the U.S., partner nations in the Caribbean Sea and the Royal Netherlands Navy conducting maritime safety and security missions to detect, deter, and intercept unsafe and illegal migrant ventures as well as drug trafficking voyages bound for the United States. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)