Coast Guard searches for two men swept to sea by rip currents in South Florida
MIAMI - The Coast Guard is involved in two separate cases, each involving a male being swept to sea by rip currents in South Florida Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Miami was notified of a 15-year old...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard searching for overdue fishing boat near Majuro
Editor's note: For high resolution imagery, click on the thumbnails above. HONOLULU – The Coast Guard continues the search for an overdue 82-foot commercial fishing vessel near the Republic...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to ferry run soft-aground near Ocracoke Inlet, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard responded to a ferry that ran aground Saturday approximately one mile south of Ocracoke, North Carolina. The captain of the Silver Lake, a 220-foot passenger and...
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COAST GUARD: THREE RESCUED, ONE DECEASED AFTER TUG SINKS NEAR FIRE ISLAND,...
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard saved three men from the water Saturday, while a fourth man was later pronounced dead, after their tug sank one mile from Fire Island National Park, New York. Watchstanders...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 1 after sailboat capsizes in Duvall Creek, Annapolis
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued a man from the water Sunday in Duvall Creek in Annapolis. Local police contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore at about 10:15 a.m. to report a...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 4 people near St. Petersburg, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard rescued four people after their boat started flooding near St. Petersburg, Sunday. At 6:40 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a...
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UPDATE: Search continues for overdue fishing boat near Majuro
Editor's note: For high resolution imagery, click on the thumbnail icons above. HONOLULU – The Coast Guard continues the search for an overdue 82-foot commercial fishing vessel near the Republic...
View ArticleCoast Guard warning people to remain away from quickly melting ice, formations
MUSKEGON, Mich., — The Coast Guard is urging people to stay away and off of ice, and to remain at a safe distance from ice formations, especially the ice caves that have formed along Lake Michigan in...
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Coast Guard engages multiple lanchas in several high-speed pursuits
Air Station Corpus Christi and Station South Padre Island chase down a lancha fishing illegally in U.S. waters March 13, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Corpus Christi. CORPUS CHRISTI,...
View ArticleCoast Guard has busy weekend, reminds boaters to have proper safety equipment
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —The Coast Guard wants to remind mariners to have the proper safety equipment aboard their boats after a busy weekend in the Tampa Bay area. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector...
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CORRECTION: Coast Guard responds to 2 emergencies on Saginaw Bay, warns...
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, located in Essexvile, Mich., transfer a man who had fallen through the ice with his snowmobile on Saginaw Bay near Pinconning, Mich., from a...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard joins search for 1 off Bermuda
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching Tuesday with a research vessel crew for a person in the water approximately 1,500 miles southeast of Bermuda. A C-130 Hercules aircraft crew from...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg receives service's...
Please click photo above for video. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard held a ceremony to recognize the 174th and final delivery of the Coast Guard’s 45-foot Response Boat-Medium at Sector St....
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*** UPDATE - PHOTO AVAILABLE *** Coast Guard breaks ice to relieve flood...
BOSTON - Following one the harshest New England winters on record, the Coast Guard is preparing to clear ice jams threatening to flood the Penobscot River banks in Maine. As the ice chokes points...
View ArticleCoast Guard, port partners respond to fire aboard vessel inbound to New York
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard, FDNY, NYPD, and the ship’s owners are working together to extinguish a fire aboard the Motor Vessel Grey Shark at Homeport Pier in Staten Island, New York, Wednesday. The...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard crews respond to sinking barge near Wiggins Beach,...
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla — The Coast Guard is responding to a sinking construction barge near Wiggins Beach, Florida, Wednesday. At approximately 12 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers...
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Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay returns home following one of the harshest...
BOSTON — Following a 61-day deployment on the Hudson River, Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay returned to their homeport of Rockland, Maine yesterday after conducting icebreaking operations in support of...
View ArticleMariners urged to follow safety regulations as Ft. Pierce Inlet salvage...
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is reminding mariners in the Fort Pierce Inlet area of temporary waterway restrictions to ensure the safety of crews conducting salvage operations for a barge that sank in late...
View ArticleCoast Guard, multiple agencies respond to vessel taking on water
SAN FRANCISCO — Coast Guard members and local agencies responded to a fishing vessel taking on water with two people aboard west of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon. At 1:28...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to Ohio River towing vessel sinking
GOLCONDA, Ill. — The Coast Guard is responding to the sinking of a towing vessel on the Ohio River near Golconda, Illinois, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Ohio River Valley watchstanders were notified...
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