Stock photo of Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627)
USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) underway in the South Florida Straits, Nov. 18, 2022. The cutter’s primary missions are counterdrug operations, migrant interdiction, enforcing federal fishery laws and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Payton Ray)