Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship crewmember off NC coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 39-year-old crewmember from a cruise ship approximately 290 miles offshore of Hatteras, N.C., Thursday evening. The crew of the cruise ship Carnival...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues boaters stranded near Cordova
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four men who were stranded after their boat sank approximately 13 miles northwest of Cordova, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received...
View ArticleCadence dedicated to Coast Guardsman killed in 1980 Tampa Bay collision
CAPE MAY, N.J. - Recruits from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May call "Your Son is Gone," which is the last of five Coast Guard marching cadences nominated for Coast Guard Boot Camp's Top Cadence...
View ArticleMarching cadence dedicated to Benbrook Coast Guard hero
CAPE MAY, N.J. - Recruits from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May call "Your Son is Gone," which is the last of five Coast Guard marching cadences nominated for Coast Guard Boot Camp's Top Cadence...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 2 from airplane crash 28 miles east of South Pass
NEW ORLEANS — Two men were rescued by the Coast Guard after their airplane crashed 28 miles east of South Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday. Rescued were Theodore Wright and Raymond Fosdick of...
View ArticleCoast Guard sets security zone in Milwaukee Harbor for President Obama’s visit
MILWAUKEE — The Coast Guard and the Milwaukee Police Department will be enforcing a security zone in the Milwaukee Harbor, Saturday afternoon, during President Obama's visit to Milwaukee. Boatcrews...
View ArticleUS Coast Guard to require dockside safety examination on commercial fishing...
Once a commercial fishing vessel is found to be in compliance with all applicable regulations, the Coast Guard's Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examination decal is required on all vessels...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 2 people taking on water off Tarpon Springs
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Two people were rescued from a 65-foot boat taking on water 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs, Friday.A member aboard the Joint Venture contacted Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg...
View ArticleAudio Available: Coast Guard rescues fishermen from life raft
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four men from a life raft after they abandoned their fishing vessel more than 30 miles south of Resurrection Bay, Thursday night. Coast Guard Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 15 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray repatriated 15 Cuban migrants, from two separate vessels, to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. Watchstanders at the Seventh Coast Guard District...
View ArticleCoast Guard announces Fire Island shoaling impacts
NEW YORK – Due to severe shoaling impacts, the Coast Guard is announcing Friday that Station Fire Island will have limited ability to respond to emergencies offshore Fire Island Inlet, N.Y. Station...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Air National Guard join to rescue 3 fishermen near Cambria, Calif.
PACIFIC OCEAN – The Coast Guard assisted the Air National Guard with the rescue of three fishermen from a sinking vessel 125 nautical miles southwest of Point Piedros Blancas near Cambria, Calif.,...
View ArticleMultimedia Release: Coast Guard rescues 14 people in 7 days
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescues four boaters and their pet dog from a beach near Klag Bay Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The search for the four overdue boaters...
View ArticleCoast Guard interdicts 21 suspected undocumented migrants
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Coast Guard crews interdicted 21 suspected undocumented migrants aboard a 25-foot panga approximately 12 miles west of Point Loma Friday. The Coast Guard launched a 33-foot Special...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Astoria, Ore., Coast Guard Cutter crews compete in...
Seaman Matthew Yee throws a heaving line for distance during a Coast Guard Cutterman's Olympic event held in Astoria, Ore., at Tongue Point, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Yee represented Cutter Steadfast,...
View ArticleVideo Release: Coast Guard medevacs man approximately 75 miles west of Cape...
A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a man from commercial fishing vessel Melville aproximately 75 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Saturday, Sept....
View ArticleCoast Guard assists capsized boat crew
NEW YORK – Coast Guard responded to six people in the water south of Rockaway Beach, N.Y., Saturday. The Coast Guard Sector New York Command Center received a mayday distress call at approximately...
View ArticleCoast Guard searching for person in Detroit River
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's assistance regarding information concerning a person possibly missing in the Detroit River in the vicinity of the Trenton Channel. The Coast Guard...
View ArticleOahu students attend education expo at Coast Guard Base Honolulu
HONOLULU – High school students throughout Oahu attended a science, technology, engineering and math exposition at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Friday. Approximately 140 students from Kapolei High...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescue crews save man from capsized vessel
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews from Station Burlington, Vt., recovered one man from the water at 11:42 p.m. Saturday after his 22-foot sailboat capsized near Shelburne Bay on Lake Champlain, Vt....
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