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Jurisdiction gets funky too..any waters that border two states the CG has authority. Such as "Station Vacation" on Lake Tahoe, or on the Snake River in Oregon, Idaho, Washington. Pretty sure we send a detachment to Havasu during the peak boating months. Stateless vessels were basically pirates or smugglers faking they had a home country. Say a smuggler is flying a Columbia national flag off its stern, well we call the State Dept, they call the Nation in question, they instantly say they never heard of them...so poof "stateless" so we board them. Any US flagged boat we can do, or any boat in our waters which sometimes extend out to 300 nautical miles (EEZ).
Nobody who wasn't in the CG has any idea what we really do or did, and all the different hats we wear. From the Civil War, World Wars, Viet Nam to all the stuff going on the Gulf. We had guys in Afghanistan. Aids to Navigation, pollution, and my bread and butter Search and Rescue. Best job ever-WW
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