USCGC Drummond (WPB-1323) - Current

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In April 2004, Drummond again returned to Haiti in support of Operation ABLE SENTRY and Operation SECURE TOMORROW as that country’s political and economic situation continued to generate an exodus of migrants. In 2005, Drummond was again awarded the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for her efforts in stemming the illegal flow of Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits. Drummond also was credited for saving more than $500,000 in property during this period in search-and-rescue cases, including a daring rescue of a dismasted sailboat during Tropical Storm Arlene.

Since 2004, Drummond is credited with interdicting over 550 illegal Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits, on eight go-fast vessels and 26 homebuilt boats and rafts. Drummond has also recovered nearly 120 illegal migrants from various Bahamian islands, working closely with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. In the past two years, Drummond has cared for 1600 illegal migrants on her decks while conducting 32 politically sensitive repatriations to Cabanas, Cuba.

Island-class patrol boats
  • Farallon
  • Manitou
  • Matagorda
  • Maui
  • Monhegan
  • Nunivak
  • Ocracoke
  • Vashon
  • Aquidneck
  • Mustang
  • Naushon
  • Sanibel
  • Edisto
  • Sapelo
  • Matinicus
  • Nantucket
  • Attu
  • Baranof
  • Chandeleur
  • Chincoteague
  • Cushing
  • Cuttyhunk
  • Drummond
  • Key Largo
  • Metompkin
  • Monomoy
  • Orcas
  • Padre
  • Sitkinak
  • Tybee
  • Washington
  • Wrangell
  • Adak
  • Liberty
  • Anacapa
  • Kiska
  • Assateague
  • Grand Isle
  • Key Biscayne
  • Jefferson Island
  • Kodiak Island
  • Long Island
  • Bainbridge Island
  • Block Island
  • Staten Island
  • Roanoke Island
  • Pea Island
  • Knight Island
  • Galveston Island
List of United States Coast Guard cutters

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