The seizure of some $362 million in illicit drugs was largely the result of 15 interdictions by the crews of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone — a 418-foot national security cutter homeported in Charleston, South Carolina — and some Pacific operations, a news release states.

A boater who set out on a fishing trip to celebrate his 70th birthday is recounting the hours spent offshore after his catamaran capsized.

A Florida man attempted to cross the Atlantic in a watercraft resembling a hamster wheel and was stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard. Snopes was unable to verify whether the Coast Guard formally arrested the man, Reza Baluchi, or whether federal charges were brought against him.

The US Coast Guard follows a set legal process for interdicting drug boats. Here's how personnel combat drug trafficking on the high seas.