UPDATE: VIDEO RELEASE: 8 people rescued by Coast Guard near Anclote Key, Fla.
CLEARWATER, Fla.-- Eight people were rescued by Coast Guard boat and air crews near Anclote Key, Florida, early Friday morning. At midnight, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg,...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs crewmember off bulk freighter 172 miles off Louisiana coast
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 33-year-old crewmember off a bulk freighter, Friday, after he suffered an arm injury following a fall in the bilge of the vessel, 172 miles...
View ArticleCoast Guard's Fast Response Cutter scheduled to offload approximately...
Editor's note: Media wishing to attend the offload must contact the Coast Guard 7th District Public Affairs office at 786-367-7649 to RSVP. Media must arrive at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, located...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 50-year-old man from boat near Ocean City, Md.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old man Saturday from the 73-foot fishing boat Dredge Monster approximately 45 miles east of Ocean City. A crewmember aboard the boat contacted Coast...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard strengthens inter-agency security partnerships with...
Chief Petty Officer Bouchard, officer-in-charge at Coast Guard Station Rochester, N.Y., Officer B. Melos, a police officer for the Rochester Police Department and John Cullati, from the Mt. Pleasant...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges safety after busy start on the water this weekend
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard rescued two people from the water after their boat began capsizing near Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Aug. 15, 2014. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook received a report of a...
View Article*Photo and Video Available* Coast Guard's Fast Response Cutter offloads...
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark offloads approximately 900 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of nearly $800,000 at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida. During an...
View ArticleCoast Guard tows disabled sailing vessel off Cape Ann, Massachusetts (Photo...
BOSTON — Coast Guard search and rescue crews are towing a disabled sailing vessel about 80 miles east of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Saturday. Watchstanders at the Sector Boston Command Center received...
View ArticleCoast Guard hoists stranded kayaker near Cape Falcon, Ore.
A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, hoists a kayaker who was stranded on the rocks near Cape Falcon, Oregon, Aug. 16, 2014. The man was safely hoisted and transported in good...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 76-year-old diver 121 miles off Galveston
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 76-year-old man off a charter dive vessel, Saturday, after he completed two dives and began to show signs of stoke, 121 miles offshore...
View ArticlePHOTO: Coast Guard ceremony marks completion of new facilities at Station...
Members of the official party cut the ribbon, officially opening the new Coast Guard Station Fairport facilities in Grand River, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2014. The new 18,000 square foot station building meets...
View ArticleCoast Guard, agency partners searching for overdue boater near Anchorage, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers and Anchorage Fire Department personnel are searching for an overdue 41-year-old boater in the Knik Arm near Anchorage, Alaska, Sunday morning. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies searching for 19-year-old man in St. Clair River
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard and local agencies are currently searching for a man who was reported missing in the St. Clair River Sunday afternoon. Missing is 19-year-old Brady Morton, who was last...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard crew tows disabled vessel near Ketchikan, Alaska
A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Ketchikan tows a 15-foot disabled vessel near Ketchikan, Aug. 17, 2014. The boatcrew safely transferred the boaters to the Coast Guard vessel and took the disabled...
View ArticleCoast Guard issues Boating Under Influence citation in Massachusetts Bay
BOSTON — Coast Guard law enforcement crews issued a boating under the influence citation to the operator of a vessel late Sunday night in Massachusetts Bay. Watchstanders at Station Point Allerton...
View ArticleCoast Guard Station Fire Island has active weekend keeping boaters safe
NEW YORK – After a busy weekend off of Long Island, the Coast Guard is reminding the boating public to be prepared and to practice safe boating during the active summer season. The following are...
View ArticleDowned Cessna aircraft, Coast Guard and Bahamian authorities responding
MIAMI — Coast Guard seach-and-rescue crews are responding to a reported downed Cessna aircraft with four people aboard in the vicinity of Freeport Bahamas Airport, Bahamas, Monday morning. The Federal...
View Article4th National Security Cutter, Hamilton, completes acceptance trials
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The fourth National Security Cutter, Hamilton, successfully completed several days of rigorous acceptance trials Thursday to ensure the cutter meets its contractual requirements...
View ArticleCoast Guard, cargo vessel Sea Pearl rescue 2 fisherman adrift 48 miles...
The Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo with the assistance of the Marshall Islands flagged cargo vessel Sea Pearl rescued fishermen Miguel Nieves Valera (in photo) and Carlos Rios Perez, from Aguada,...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard issues interim rule for offshore supply vesses of at least...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard Tuesday issued an interim rule regarding regulations to mitigate the risk created by the removal of the statutory size limit previously placed on offshore supply...
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