The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned to its St. Petersburg, Fla., homeport Saturday after a 60-day patrol of the Caribbean during which the crew stopped drug smugglers and helped in rescue efforts.

During the deployment:

•Resolute, working in tandem with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, stopped one go-fast vessel, apprehended four suspected smugglers and seized 3,736 pounds of marijuana worth more than $3.5 million.

•Resolute conducted over 24 hours of search and rescue efforts for two missing mariners after the 90-foot Vanuatu-flagged schooner De Gallant sank 20 miles north of Great Inagua in the Bahamas on May 21. Resolute refueled Coast Guard helicopters searching for the missing sailors, conducted strategic search patterns and recovered floating debris from De Gallant life rafts. Together with Bahamas defense force crews, Resolute covered over 3,700 square miles before suspending the search.

“The officers and crew of Resolute completed this deployment in extraordinary fashion,” Cmdr. Michael Ross, commanding officer of Resolute, said in a Coast Guard statement. “The Coast Guard’s overt presence in this region is essential to deter dangerous and life-threatening maritime migration ventures. Our extensive Coast Guard presence in the area significantly decreased the number of migration events preventing loss of life at sea while protecting the homeland.”

Resolute deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry and Joint Interagency Task Force-South’s counterdrug mission.

Resolute is a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are to counter drug operations, migrant interdiction, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.