Grand Haven, Mich., Coast Guard resumes operations following morning bomb threat
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard personnel at Station Grand Haven and Sector Field Office Grand Haven have resumed operations following a bomb threat Sunday morning. No Coast Guard members were injured during...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 4 Mexican poachers from sinking boat
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard crews rescued four Mexican nationals from their sinking boat Saturday, after they were spotted illegally fishing north of the U.S./Mexico maritime border. At...
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US Coast Guard aids 5 on Saginaw Bay
The images below are stock photos from a similar search and rescue response in Saginaw Bay two years ago. An ice rescue crew, from Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., and two...
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Photo release: CGC Alex Haley returns to Kodiak from 70-day Bering Sea patrol
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley makes its way to homeport in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2015. The crew has been underway for 70 days patrolling the Bering Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by...
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Coast Guard, federal law enforcement authorities interdict $29 million dollar...
A $29 million dollar cocaine shipment, weighing approximately 989 kilograms (2,176 pounds) is offloaded at Coast Guard Sector San Juan following a multiagency at-sea drug interdiction involving a...
View ArticleCoast Guard detains tanker in Port Angeles, Wash.
SEATTLE — Coast Guard personnel detained the tanker Overseas Jademar in Port Angeles, Monday. Port State Control officers, from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, discovered several significant safety...
View ArticleCoast Guard tows 2 boats in tandem 98 miles northwest of Tampa Bay, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard is assisting a disabled 45-foot commercial fishing boat 98 miles northwest of Tampa Bay, Florida, Wednesday. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders...
View ArticleMEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to promote Station Annapolis mascot
WHO: Rosie, the Coast Guard Station Annapolis mascot WHAT: To be advanced to First Class Dog WHERE: Coast Guard Station Annapolis, 3425 Thomas Point Road, Annapolis, MD, 21403 WHEN: 8 a.m. Friday,...
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UPDATED: PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard tows 2 boats in tandem 98 miles northwest...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard is assisting a disabled 45-foot commercial fishing boat 98 miles northwest of Tampa Bay, Florida, Wednesday. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders...
View ArticleCoast Guard responding to pollution incident near Alameda Marina
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Coast Guard and California Fish and Wildlife personnel are responding to a report of a possible fuel spill on the Oakland Estuary in the vicinity of the Alameda Marina, Wednesday.At...
View ArticleCleanup, response operations continue for oil leak at Shell Wharf
MARTINEZ, Calif. — The cleanup and response operations continue for oil released at the Shell Wharf in Martinez, Wednesday. Assessments conducted throughout Wednesday continue to show no impact to the...
View ArticleCoast Guard announces changes to Drayton Harbor, Wash., aids to navigation
SEATTLE — Coast Guard aids to navigation crews are scheduled to place a new floating aid to navigation in the entrance to Drayton Harbor near Blaine to mark the shoal water on the west side of the...
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U.S., New Zealand lead Antarctic rescue mission
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks a parallel channel in the ice beside a previous channel near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station,...
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Feature Story: Not Your Average Joe
Story by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton Peer pressure isn't always a bad thing, especially in the case of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Joe Safranek. Having previously served his country in the U.S. Air...
View ArticleUPDATE: Cleanup, recovery complete for Shell Wharf leak
MARTINEZ, Calif. — Response crews completed the on-water cleanup and recovery of oil from a leak at the Shell Martinez Wharf Thursday afternoon. Overflight and shoreline assessments made throughout...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard crew navigates around icebergs, through heavy snow to...
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker home-ported in Seattle, sits on the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica while underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, Jan. 9,...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 36-year-old man from the 252-foot fishing vessel American Triumph approximately 92 miles north of Cold Bay, Alaska, Thursday.A Coast Guard Air Station...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard, Port of Astoria personnel respond to vessel sinking in...
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg. WARRENTON, Ore — Coast Guard and Port of Astoria personnel removed a sunken vessel from the Port of Astoria and mitigated the...
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Seattle-based cutter scores "Clean Sweep" during annual training exercises
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Warrant Officer Paul Swisher. SEATTLE — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to Seattle Thursday upon concluding a month-long deployment to San Diego...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges caution for hazardous beach conditions, rip currents along...
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard is urging boaters and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the waters along the coast of Sonoma through Monterey counties due to forecasted strong swells over...
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