UPDATE: PHOTO: Coast Guard continues to monitor response and salvage...
The Hong Kong-flagged freighter vessel Federal Rideau sits hard aground in the downbound shipping channel of Lake St. Clair near the Detroit River, July 28, 2014. The vessel is carrying approximately...
View ArticleMULTIMEDIA: Coast Guard rescues 3 on boat beset by weather in Lake Ontario
Three people aboard a 30-foot sailing boat in Lake Ontario fight to keep the boat afloat as they are being towed to safety by a Coast Guard 45-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Niagara,...
View ArticlePhoto release: Coast Guard, local law enforcement ensure safety at Kennewick...
Coast Guard crewmembers from Aid to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., aboard a 26-foot Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat, patrol in front of a hydroplane race boat near the south edge of the boat...
View ArticleMultimedia release: Coast Guard rescues man from grounded vessel near Clatsop...
A rescued man speaks with local emergency responders at Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment after being rescued by Station Cape Disappointment personnel when his 19-foot vessel ran aground near...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues three children adrift near Ketchikan, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued three children adrift in Saxman Harbor near Ketchikan, Monday. A 25-foot response boat crew from Station Ketchikan located the children and safely returned...
View ArticleSeattle-based Coast Guard crew returns from 3-month Alaskan patrol
Editors Note: To view or download high resolution photos, please click on the image below. DVIDS requires registration to download imagery. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, a 378-foot high...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs fisherman near Port Aransas, Texas
A Coast Guard rescue boat crew medevaced a 55-year-old fisherman. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Port Aransas CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard rescue boat crew medevaced a...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists stranded charter vessel
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews are assisting a disabled passenger vessel approximately 13 miles east of Nahant, Massachusetts, Monday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston received notification at...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man from fishing boat in Pamlico Sound, NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man Tuesday from a fishing boat in Pamlico Sound. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received a call via VHF-FM radio from...
View Article*Update* Coast Guard assists stranded charter vessel
BOSTON - The Coast Guard ensured the safe return Tuesday of the passenger vessel Cetacea which became disabled about 13 miles east of Nahant, Massachusetts, Monday at about 4:30 p.m.During a whale...
View ArticleCoast Guard locates, rescues missing charter boat crew in Gulf of Mexico
A photo of the recently located charter boat and Coast Guard search patterns. HOUSTON — Coast Guard search and rescue crews worked throughout the night to find a missing charter boat with four people...
View ArticleCORRECTION: UPDATE: PHOTO: Grounded 656-foot freighter refloated in Lake St....
The Hong Kong-flagged freighter vessel Federal Rideau sits hard aground in the downbound shipping channel of Lake St. Clair near the Detroit River, July 28, 2014. The vessel is carrying approximately...
View ArticlePHOTO RELEASE: Survivor reunited with Coast Guard rescue crew
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A man rescued by the Coast Guard was reunited with the rescue crew that saved his life Tuesday at Air Station Clearwater. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued Marion “Lee”...
View ArticleCoast Guard announces summer deaths by drowning on the rise
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard 5th District is stressing the importance of safe boating and swimming practices in the wake of 40 drowning deaths that occurred from northern New Jersey to southern...
View ArticleSinking shrimp boat saved by crew, Coast Guard
A Coast Guard helicopter crew lowers their rescue swimmer and pump to help dewater a sinking shrimping boat. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Corpus Christi. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A commercial...
View ArticleFederal Hall National Memorial to host U.S. Coast Guard Art Exhibit
The 2014 George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence recipient, Robert Selby, stands next to his painting, "Chukchi reach" after receiving his award at the opening reception of the 2014 Coast Guard Art...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local law enforcement to ensure safety on Columbia, Willamette...
WARRENTON, Ore. — A multi-agency safe boating operation will kick off Friday in tandem with the recreational salmon fishery opening at Columbia River Buoy 10, to ensure the safety of the waterway for...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City crew reunites with rescued boy...
Nine-year-old Tommy Alter of Highland Park, Ill., meets with (from left) Petty Officer 3rd Class Derek Johnson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kris Filion, Lt. Dan Schrader and Cmdr. Shad Soldano, a rescue...
View Article6 suspected migrants rescued off Key Biscayne, Florida.
A boatcrew with Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Florida, discovers a Styrofoam vessel that was reported to be the makeshift watercraft used by six men who were floating on inner tubes approximately...
View Article4 People rescued from water near Islamorada, Fla.
MIAMI — Four people were rescued early Wednesday morning after their vessel capsized one nautical mile off Islamorada, Florida. A good Samaritan notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West,...
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