Waesche was commissioned in 2010, the second ship in the Legend Class, the Coast Guard's largest offshore maritime cutters at 418 feet long. It can hold a crew of nearly 150 and is used for maritime fisheries patrols, migrant and drug interdiction, search-and-rescue operations, and law enforcement.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for Seaman Bryan K. Lee “pending the development of new information,” the service said.

A crew member aboard the cutter Waesche has been reported “unaccounted for” while operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.