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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Returns Home to Cape Canaveral Following 55-Day Security Patrol

By  //  July 23, 2024

Vigilant has been involved in many unique and historic operations

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returned home to Cape Canaveral, on July 11, following a 55-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Windward Passage. (U.S. Coast Guard image)
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BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returned home to Cape Canaveral, on July 11, following a 55-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Windward Passage.

Vigilant deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry.

During the deployment, Vigilant’s crew operated in the Seventh Coast Guard District area of operations and worked alongside other Coast Guard assets, international partners, the Department of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Puerto Rico Police’s Joint Force of Rapid Action units to conduct counterdrug and migrant interdiction operations.

Information on how to apply to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy can be found here.

The first cutter named “Vigilant” was one of the service’s original 10 revenue cutters. Vigilant I saw service out of New York from 1791 to 1798, and may have been the first of the original cutters to be completed. Its patrol area included the Hudson River, New York Harbor and the coastlines of Northern New Jersey and Long Island. (Coast Guard Collection image)
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