Non-Naval Security

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Port of Barcelona, Spain
Philippine Coast Guard personnel on a small boat in the area where the cargo vessel LCT Pacifica 3 capsized and broke into two pieces off Surigao del Norte province, April 30, 2026
The overturned cargo vessel Mariana
A portion of the wreck of the US Coast Guard cutter Tampa, which lies more than 300 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Cornwall, UK. Tampa sank to the bottom of the Atlantic after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the final year of World War I.
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Response boat small III demonstator
CCGS Donjek Glacier, the Canadian Coast Guard's first Arctic and offshore patrol ship, following her launch on April 28, 2026
Itu Aba / Taiping Island
The People's Liberation Army Navy Type 055D destroyers Dongguan (nearest to camera) and Anqing. Both ships entered service in March 2026.
Boat crews that were deployed in response to the capsizing
Bales of illegal narcotics are placed on pallets by crewmembers aboard the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Escanaba during a drug offload of 7,050 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Florida, April 27, 2026. The seized contraband was the result of one interdiction in the Caribbean Sea and one interdiction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean worth an estimated US$53 million.
The Massachusetts State Police's new patrol/rescue boat
Map showing Falkland Islands' location
Swedish authorities attempt to board the suspected Russian "shadow fleet" cargo ship Caffa off the coast of Trelleborg, March 6, 2026.
Bales of illicit drugs worth more than US$19 million are stacked on a pier during a drug offload from the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Resolute at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 23, 2026. The seized contraband was the result of three interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
Search continues for five missing crew of overturned vessel in Northern Mariana Islands
Malacca Strait (highlighted in red)
China's maritime claim (red) and UNCLOS exclusive economic zones (blue) in the South China Sea
Itu Aba / Taiping Island
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