Cutter Venturous returns home after conducting hurricane relief, law enforcement operations

CoastGuardNews.com The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, returns home Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 to St. Petersburg, Florida, following a 69-day patrol conducting hurricane relief and law enforcement operations in the Caribbean Sea. The crew transited more than 8,000 miles patrolling the waters around Puerto Rico enforcing counter narcotics laws, conducting search and rescue, and performing hurricane relief operations in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)