Commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) Capt. Riley Gatewood, delivers a speech during the decommissioning ceremony of the last 378-foot high endurance cutter, in Kodiak, Alaska, on April 24, 2021. In 1998, the cutter interdicted over tons of cocaine on a Mexican flagged vessel, the Xolesuientle, to this day one of the largest single drug seizures in Coast Guard history. .

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