This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History - November 4

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Thought that some Coasties might find this an interesting piece of USCG historical trivia. This is from today's "Maritime Reporter and Engineering News- Maritime Today"

1984: The CGC Northwind seized the P/C Alexi I off Jamaica for carrying 20 tons of marijuana, becoming the first icebreaker to make a narcotics seizure.(Source: USCG Historians Office)

One may assume that they weren't Icebreaking near Jamaica?: