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Coast Guard cutter involved in collision with fishing vessel off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard is investigating a collision Tuesday between the Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo and the 42-foot commercial fishing vessel, Sea Shepherd, approximately nine...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists grounded vessel near Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Naushon crew and a Coast Guard Station Juneau 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew assisted a tour vessel that ran aground in the vicinity of Lincoln Island near...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges caution for strong swells, rip current conditions in Marin,...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is urging boaters and beach goers to exercise caution in and around the waters of San Francisco Bay due to strong swells causing increased rip current conditions over...
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Coast Guard rescues 2 in rough weather conditions
A small boat crew launched from Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon to bring two people back to the cutter after they were found adrift when their sailboat capsized , Sept. 23, 2014. Worsening weather...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman pleads guilty; sentenced to 24 months confinement for sexual...
MIAMI — A Coast Guardsman on trial for sexual assault was sentenced by a military judge to 24 months confinement, a dishonorable discharge and reduction in pay-grade to E-1 after pleading guilty at a...
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Coast Guard medevacs injured diver near Patos Island, Wash.
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Fireman Haylee Averett. SEATTLE — Two Coast Guard crews medevaced an injured diver near Patos Island, Eastsound, Washington, Tuesday. The 22-year-old man was transferred to...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritan searching for missing shrimpers
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for two missing shrimpers south of Southwest Pass, Tuesday. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center received notification from an...
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Coast Guard conducts blood drop to cruise ship
Editor's note: For high resolution video, click on the thumbnail above. HONOLULU — A Coast Guard aircrew flew approximately 400 miles to airdrop 10 critical units of blood to a cruise ship northeast...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing shrimpers
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard continues to search for two missing shrimpers south of Southwest Pass, Wednesday.Coast Guard crews from Station Venice, Air Station New Orleans, Coast Guard Aviation...
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Rip current advisory for local beaches, Coast Guard urges caution for...
Editor's note: for high resolution image, click the thumbnail above. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is advising swimmers, surfers and beachgoers to exercise caution at local beaches Wednesday...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists good Samaritan who rescued 2 on Saginaw River
CLEVELAND – Coast Guard crews assisted 5 people Tuesday afternoon after a good Samaritan, whose boat subsequently became disabled, rescued two people from the Saginaw River. The names and hometowns of...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard Station Sand Key receives new response boat
Sand Key, Florida — Crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Florida, tested new response boats, Friday. The tests began after the station received two 29-foot Response Boat-Small II platforms in...
View ArticleLaser Strike Disrupts Coast Guard Helicopter Flight
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. - A Coast Guard helicopter flying over Arcata was targeted by an individual with a laser Friday evening.The MH-65D Dolphin crew was returning from an operation in southern...
View ArticleLa Guardia Costera realizará un ejercicio de pirotecnia de emergencia cerca...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — La Guardia Costera llevará a cabo un adiestramiento sobre el uso y manejo de luces de bengala de emergencia el miércoles entre las 5p.m. y 7p.m. en aguas a tres millas náuticas...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Cutter Bear returns to Portsmouth Friday following $23...
Who: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear What: Cutter Bear returns to homeport after two drug seizures and offload totalling $116 million during its two-month patrol in the Caribbean When: 6 p.m....
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CGC Alex Haley returns to Kodiak from Bering Sea, Aleutian Island patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley patrols the Aleutian Islands near Great Sitkin during its 68-day deployment in August 2014. The crew performed more than 40 at sea domestic fisheries enforcement...
View ArticleCoast Guard closes Siuslaw River, Ore., bar entrance
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Oregon, issued the closure of the Siuslaw River bar entrance due to hazardous conditions at approximately 3:15 p.m.,...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near Oahu
Editor's note: For high resolution video, click on the thumbnail above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard medevaced a 76-year-old man being treated for internal bleeding from a cruise ship 80 miles north of...
View ArticleCoast Guard stops impaired boater in Portland, Maine
BOSTON — Coast Guard law enforcement crews stopped an impaired boat operator and issued him violations, Wednesday, in Portland Harbor, Maine.While on patrol, a Coast Guard Station South Portland crew...
View ArticleMedia Availability: New Coast Guard aids to navigation team to open for...
WHO: Rear Adm. Stephen P. Metruck, Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan R. Yoraschek WHAT: Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Oak Island WHERE: 300-B Caswell Beach Rd., Oak Island,...
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