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Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns home in time for Christmas

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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns to Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, after a 52-day patrol through the Caribbean and into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Santa oversaw mooring operations from the bridge wing as the crew worked to secure the cutter to the pier. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn)Sylvania (left to right), Mikey and Sophia Mellot wait with their mother Sharr Mellot at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Va., for their father Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Mellott to return from a 52-day patrol aboard Coast Guard Cutter Legare Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. The family waited as part a large group of family and friends of the cutter crew who returned home just in time for the holidays. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Krystyn Pecora)Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Mellot (right) reunites with his wife Sharr and children (left to right) Sylvania, Mikey and Sophia aboard Coast Guard Cutter Legare in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. Legare's crew returned to Portsmouth Tuesday after a 52-day patrol through the Caribbean and into the eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn)

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare returned to homeport in Portsmouth, Virginia Tuesday, just in time for Christmas, following a 52-day patrol through the Caribbean and into the eastern Pacific Ocean.

During their patrol, Legare's crew transited through the Panama Canal and coordinated with multiple countries in Central and South America, along with partner agencies to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.

The unified effort resulted in the interdiction of multiple suspected drug smugglers and vessels transporting approximately 1200 kilograms, or approximately 2,645 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated estimated street value of $40 million.

Legare is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter that operates in the offshore maritime environment under the command of Coast Guard Atlantic Area headquartered in Portsmouth.  Its missions include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection, defense readiness, and ports, waterways, and coastal security.

Santa surprises children with presents aboard Coast Guard Cutter Legare, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2014. The kids were aboard the cutter to reunite with Coast Guard family members who had been deployed on a 52-day patrol, returning just in time for the holidays. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn)


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