Coast Guard assists crew of vessel taking on water near Columbia River entrance
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment. SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews assisted three people after their vessel began taking on water three miles west of the Columbia...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard searching for missing mariner
Editor's note: For audio, click on the thumbnail icons above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is continuing its search today for a missing boater who placed a mayday call Thursday at 8:03 a.m....
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard searching for missing mariner
Editor's note: For audio and imagery, click on the thumbnails above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is continuing its search today for a missing boater who placed a mayday call Thursday at...
View ArticleVideo Release: Coast Guard assists crew of vessel taking on water near...
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria. SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews assisted three people after their vessel began taking on water three miles west of the Columbia River...
View ArticleOperation Martillo drug bust results in $35 million of cocaine
A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team (LEDET) arrives on scene and detains the suspected smugglers Nov. 23, 2014. After seizing 216 kilograms of cocaine, the crew offloaded the contraband to...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews rescue 5 fishermen from sinking vessel west of Siletz Bay,...
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Air Facility Newport. SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued five people after their vessel sank eight miles west of Siletz Bay, Oregon, Saturday. Three of...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man, 47, from boat off NC coast
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man from the charter boat Tortuga Saturday approximately 20 miles southeast of Morehead City. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search continues for missing mariner off Kailua-Kona
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard continues its search Saturday for a missing boater who placed a mayday call Thursday saying his vessel was taking on water and in danger of sinking 46 miles west of...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritan vessel rescue 21 from burning boat
HONOLULU – Twenty-one people are safe after being rescued from a burning boat 230 miles south of Jarvis Island, Saturday. Watchstanders at the Joint Rescue Coordination Center received a distress...
View ArticleMultimedia Release: Coast Guard crews rescue 5 fishermen from sinking vessel...
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Coast Guard Air Facility Newport. U.S. Coast Guard audio courtesy of Coast Guard Sector North Bend. SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews rescued five people after their...
View ArticleCoast Guard cutter departs for Antarctic mission
U.S. Coast Guard photos and video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer SEATTLE — The nation’s only heavy icebreaker departed Seattle Sunday for a four-month mission to Antarctica as part of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search continues for missing mariner off Kailua-Kona
Editor's note: For high resolution image, click on the thumbnail above. HONOLULU — The search continues Sunday for a missing boater who placed a mayday call Thursday saying his vessel was taking on...
View ArticleCoast Guard escorts disabled sailing vessel near Monterey
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard responded to a disabled vessel approximately 56 miles southwest of Monterey Sunday afternoon. At 1:19 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a...
View Article**CORRECTION** Coast Guard Proposes Changes to Government Cut Range Front...
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to make multiple changes to the Government Cut Range Front Light (GCF-E), also known locally as Bent Light in Biscayne Bay, Florida. U.S. Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists 6 stranded hunters near Barlow Cove, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard assisted six stranded hunters near Piling Point and Barlow Cove on Admiralty Island after their vessel drifted away, Sunday evening.A Coast Guard Station Juneau...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 4 from vessel fire
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced four people from a vessel fire 35 miles southwest of Grand Isle, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received the report from the offshore...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Tahoma assists disabled fishing vessel 70 miles east of...
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, homeported in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, assisted a disabled 90-foot fishing vessel approximately 70 miles east of Chatham, Massachusetts, Monday. At...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard escorts disabled sailing vessel near Monterey
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard completed an escort and tow of a disabled vessel to Moss Landing early Monday morning after the vessel experienced engine failure. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search continues for missing mariner off Kailua-Kona
HONOLULU — The search continues Monday for a missing boater who placed a mayday call Thursday saying his vessel was taking on water and in danger of sinking 46 miles west of Kailua-Kona. Currently...
View ArticleCoast Guard terminates voyage of crabbing vessel near Long Beach, Wash.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a commercial crab fishing vessel for numerous safety violations three miles west of Long Beach, Monday. A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast...
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