Legend holds Steadfast was named "El Tiburón Blanco" (Spanish for "The White Shark") by Colombian drug smugglers in the 1970s for being such a nemesis to their illegal drug operations.
According to legend, Steadfast was named "El Tiburón Blanco" (Spanish for "The White Shark") by Colombian drug smugglers during the 1970s because it was an insurmountable threat to their operations involving illegal drugs.