USS Davis due home in Everett soon

Published 10:47 pm Friday, April 17, 2009

EVERETT — The USS Rodney M. Davis is expected to return home to Everett on Tuesday after a six-month deployment in the eastern Pacific.

Around 200 sailors live aboard the boat and have been on a counternarcotics-terrorism mission, according to a U.S. Navy press release.

The crew seized 6 tons of cocaine and 160 pounds of marijuana.

While visiting ports, the sailors did community service projects aimed at strengthening ties with partner nations. In Mexico, they painted a school. In Panama, they painted schools and finished refurbishing an extended-stay home for cancer patients.

The USS Davis is expected to arrive at Naval Station Everett at 2 p.m. Tuesday.