The 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, homeported in Cape May, N.J., is moored along a pier at Grand Turk, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Medium endurance cutters like the Vigorous are built for multi-week offshore patrols including operations requiring enhanced communications, and helicopter and pursuit boat operations, which provide a key capability for homeland security missions at sea.