USCG Headquarters
Washington D.C.
Public Affairs Office - 202 267-1587
April 4, 2003
Coast Guard Locates Iraqi Weapons Cache
PERSIAN GULF -- Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 205, homeported in Yorktown, Va. and embarked on board the USS CHINOOK, located and secured a large Iraqi military equipment and weapons cache hidden in coastal caves in Southern Iraq.
Among the weapons found were small arms, grenades, rocket launchers, missiles, explosive devices, gas masks, uniforms and ammunition. The weapons will be destroyed by explosives ordnance handling personnel.
Approximately 650 Coast Guard men and women are participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Persian Gulf aboard four patrol boats, a high-endurance cutter, a buoy tender, two law enforcement detachments, two port security units and a harbor defense command unit.
Specific operations being conducted by Coast Guard forces include maritime intercept operations, humanitarian aid shipment escorts, port and coastal security and oil terminal security.
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