JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The USS Milwaukee returned from deployment Saturday morning from its first successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operation.
The ship deployed on Dec. 14, 2021 to conduct U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task Force South's counter narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea, the news release states. Milwaukee, with its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment assisted in disrupting an estimated 690 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated street value of over $48.3 million and removed five suspected drug traffickers from the narcotics trade, according to the news release.
