UPDATE: Grounded vessel back underway in Delaware Bay
PHILADELPHIA — The motor vessel Santa Lucia, which was aground in Delaware Bay, got back underway under its own power at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Santa Lucia is scheduled to anchor at Big...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — The Coast Guard suspended its search efforts for a missing kayaker off the coast of Mayport, Tuesday evening.The Coast Guard searched more than 4,435 square miles for Garth...
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**PHOTO RELEASE** Two men stranded on a remote Bahamian Island rescued by...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click on thumbnails for high resolution images. MIAMI — Two stranded men are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them off an Island in the Bahamas Tuesday afternoon. Coast Guard 7th...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Border Patrol, police testing response to active shooter during...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Buffalo Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol, is conducting a half-day active shooter response exercise Thursday morning at Coast...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard remembers Blackthorn tragedy
Please click image below for link to video. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guardmen from the surrounding area, along with families of...
View ArticleCoast Guard officer receives three years confinement
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard officer was convicted during a general court-martial for multiple violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice at the Coast Guard Courtroom in the Prince Kuhio Federal...
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PHOTO RELEASE: South Jersey Coast Guard units receive hazmat training
CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard crewmembers received domestic egress training Wednesday at Training Center Cape May. Instructors from Joint Emergency Training Associates, a civilian company specializing...
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Coast Guard rescues two from icy Saginaw River
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Caraglin crawls toward Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah Honeycutt as he practices an ice-rescue technique during a training session in Ashtabula, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2015. Ice...
View ArticleChicago woman pleads guilty for making hoax distress call in 2013
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman pled guilty to making a false distress call nearly two years ago which led to several agencies launching a dangerous search and rescue operation in Lake Michigan off of...
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Coast Guard interdicts another Mexican fishing crew poaching in the Gulf of...
A lancha and 196 pounds of of red snapper were interdicted Jan. 27, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photos. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew poaching red snapper in...
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: US Coast Guard, Buffalo Police Department, US Border Patrol...
Click HERE for video from the exercise. BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Buffalo Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol, conducted a mock active shooter response...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists disabled New York vessel
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard responded to a disabled recreational vessel east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, today. At approximately 1:05 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York command center in...
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Video Update: Coast Guard medevacs woman aboard cruise ship off NC coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced an ailing woman from a cruise ship Thursday approximately 220 miles southeast of Portsmouth.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District command...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local fire department rescue man near Yaquina Bay, Ore.
NEWPORT, Ore. — Coast Guard crews assisted local agencies in rescuing a man with a reported back injury from South Jetty in Yaquina Bay, Thursday. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, from Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs injured man near Newport
BOSTON - A Coast Guard Station Castle Hill crew conducted a medevac for a 48-year-old crew member of the motor vessel Cougar Ace about nine miles south of Newport, Rhode Island, Thursday. At...
View ArticleFinal rule on vessel requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure and...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard Friday announced the publication of the final rule on Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure and Automatic Identification Systems. This final rule...
View ArticleCoast Guard cautions boaters of unsafe reef lights in Florida Keys
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is directing mariners to not climb historical reef lights in the Florida Keys due to their deterioration and unsound structural integrity. These lights include: Alligator Reef...
View ArticleCOAST GUARD AIDES MAN ON DISABLED BOAT OFF CATALINA ISLAND
SAN PEDRO, Calif. - The Coast Guard aided a man with a disabled 35-foot boat, taking on water, Monday night at approximately 7 p.m., near Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. Coast Guard Sector Los...
View ArticleLos Alamos Native Honored as Military Spouse of the Year
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Jill Simcox, a Los Alamos, New Mexico native, has been selected as the Coast Guard District Five Spouse of the year and has advanced to the semi-final round to be considered for the...
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Coast Guard searching for possible missing kayaker
Editors note: For high resolution images click the thumbnail images above. HONOLULU – The Coast Guard has located an adrift kayak and is searching for a possible missing person approximately 15...
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