U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute offloaded approximately 9,690 pounds of cocaine and 5,490 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $115 million, in their homeport of St. Petersburg October 23. In addition to the contraband, Resolute’s crew previously transferred five suspected smugglers ashore to face federal prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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524 crew that went down on HMS HAWKE in 1914. They were part of the squadron in the Shetland/Norway blockade and were completing a Mail run. They were lagging behind and to catch up didn’t zig-zag. They were torpedoed by U-9.

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