Two people from the boat needed medical treatment and were taken to the hospital. Because they were caught at sea, the migrants will be returned to Cuba.
The deployment was in support of Operation Sapphire, a joint agreement between the U.S. and Japanese coast guard.
The service did not provide a reason for the lower request but said the funding would be enough to sustain the fleet while “building the Coast Guard of the future.”
The service has been tracking down family members of members who died aboard the Coast Guard cutter Tampa, the largest single loss of life for the service in World War I.
Southern California’s coastal region has seen a 771 percent spike in maritime human smuggling incidents since 2017.
A Coast Guard cutter combed the area and a helicopter crew joined the search after weather cleared at midmorning.
On the morning the U.S. Coast Guard in Astoria received a mayday call from a yacht sinking near the mouth of the Columbia River, John “Branch” Walton was in his fifth day of advanced training as a rescue swimmer.
The campaign is part of a bigger strategy for the service to reach its recruiting goals for the first time in three years.
