A hard working crew from the Coast Guard will feel a little more at home this weekend. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous is scheduled to return to their homeport in Cape May Thursday at 9 a.m. following a 63-day counter narcotics and migrant interdiction patrol in the Caribbean.
The crew of the 210-foot Medium-endurance Cutter provided security and represented the Coast Guard during the Parade of Ships in Norfolk, Va., commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. The crew later responded to a distress call off the coast of North Carolina from a recreational dive boat and rescued two divers who were separated from their boat.
