[george76]

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett interdicts a 35-foot self-propelled semi-submersible vessel

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Charlie Sheen and half of Hollywood is in mourning.

[cmsgop]

Right On Seattle!

[Cementjungle]

I didn’t know our Coast Guard operated off Costa Rica.

[Ramius]

Way to go! Midgett!

[DemforBush]

Colombia to Seattle seems an awfully long voyage (@3600 nautical miles) for a 4 man mini-sub to make. I’ve got to wonder if the thing has a mother ship, or if there are a number of hidden fueling stops along the way.

Not an expert on these things, though.

[Ramius]

The cuttter's home port is Seattle but came across the sub while returning from a patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Huh? 335 NM off the coast of Costa Rica is *in* the eastern pacific. California is in the eastern pacific. The whole west coast of north and south America is the eastern pacific.

That was my stomping grounds when I was a Coastie... many, many moons ago.

[DaxtonBrown]

That’s a LOT of coke! Does anyone know the street value of a gram? Or whatever unit they use?

[diverteach]

Dang, what’s the Midgett doing off the west coast? It belongs on the east coast.

History;
The Midgett’s are descendants of shipwrecked sailors along the NC outer banks who made their home there and later many were part of the US Lifesaving Service there along the coast, the predecessor to the US Coast Guard.

[RobRoy]

Must be this sort of thing:
http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2011/02/drug-submarine-seized-by-colombian-navy.html

[Jack Black]

Future citizens. I kid you not. Rock solid case that they will be targets if returned to Colombia, thereby making them instant refugees. Just in time to get green-carded and vote for Obama in 2012.

[NonValueAdded]

Tonk Memorial Bump

[jazusamo]

Coasties did themselves proud.

[rockrr]

There will be no party at the White Hut tonight.