U.S. Coast Guard encourages boaters to remember safety over the holidays
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is encouraging Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers to remember the boaters on their holiday gift lists and to take advantage of discounts various outfitters and marine...
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New York Coast Guard helps feed community impacted from Hurricane Sandy
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station New York crewmembers help to deliver hot meals to residents impacted from Hurricane Sandy in Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y., today. Station New York...
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Raising Walls for the Greater Good
On any given Saturday you can walk by 9 Jefferson Avenue in New London, Conn., and hear the pounding of hammers, the buzzing of saws and the cheery banter of U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets. This is...
View ArticleUnified Command deploys crews to tug and barge aground near Cold Bay, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Unified Command is deploying survey and response crews to inspect a tug and barge that are aground on Ukolnoi Island, 40 miles east of Cold Bay, Wednesday. The crews will...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns to homeport
MAYPORT, Fla. - Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmembers depart the cutter to meet their family members at a homecoming ceremony, aboard Naval Station Mayport, Wednesday Nov. 21, 2012 The 210-foot...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard to reconvene Formal Board of Investigation Hearing...
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard Formal Board of Investigation Hearing into the sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Cecelia will reconvene Nov. 26-28, 2012 beginning 8 a.m. each day at Camp Rilea in...
View ArticleCoast Guard investigates cause of vessel capsizing off Hillsboro Inlet, Fla.
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are investigating the cause of a vessel capsizing with 23 persons aboard off of Hillsboro Inlet, Fla., Thursday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a report...
View Article*MEDIA AVAILABILITY* Coast Guard to offload $22 million of cocaine
Media interested in attending must contact the Coast Guard public affairs office in Miami at 305-415-6683 before 10:30 a.m. to confirm attendance. Media who do not confirm attendance may not be...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard responds to a barge that struck a submerged object...
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, has engaged federal and state partners, in their response to a report of a barge that struck a submerged object while transiting on the Columbia River at approximately...
View ArticleCarrabelle-based cutter crew relocates to Panama City
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Coast Guard has permanently relocated the Coast Guard Cutter Seahawk and its crew to Panama City, Nov. 9. The Coast Guard has relocated the 15-manned cutter crew from...
View ArticleCoast Guard offloads approximately $14 million worth of cocaine
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Dependable offloaded 1,210 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of more than $14 million to Homeland Security Investigations in Key West, Fla., Tuesday. An...
View ArticleCoast Guard terminates Coral voyage in Prince William Sound, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a fishing vessel in Prince William Sound for safety violations Monday. A boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Mustang escorted the...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard conducts ice rescue training during area's first...
Wilmette, Ill – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor conduct ice rescue training during the first hard freeze gripping the Chicago area, Jan. 23, 2013. Members of the Wilmette Fire...
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Coast Guard, sheriffs locate missing hunter
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard aircrew and sheriff's boatcrew located a 64-year-old hunter after his boat sank in the marshes on the northern edge of Lake Salvador, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast...
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Photo Release: Coast Guardsmen recognized for service in Kodiak, Alaska
Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presents the award of the Coast Guard Air Medal to Lt. John Filipowicz, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Air Station Kodiak, joined by...
View ArticleCoast Guard unit warns of unsafe ice conditions on Lake Erie and Ontario
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coast Guard Sector Buffalo is issuing a warning that the unusually variations in temperatures observed this winter have greatly increased the possibility of weakened ice. "Ice...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Woods Hole Coast Guard members to receive Sumner I. Kimball...
Editors Note: Media wishing to attend are requested to arrive at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at 1 Little Harbor Road, Woods Hole, Mass., 02543, by 2:45 p.m. BOSTON — The crews of Coast...
View ArticleNear collision in St. Johns River illustrates importance of attentive boating
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - A near collision between a fishing vessel and a container ship in the St. Johns River Thursday is prompting the Coast Guard to issue a stern reminder to boaters of the...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 10 Haitian migrants
MIAMI — The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous repatriated 10 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector Miami received notification of a disabled vessel with 15...
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New Coast Guard aircraft now operating out of Air Station Cape Cod
BOSTON — Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s new fixed wing aircraft, the HC-144 Ocean Sentry, is fully operational and replaced the HU-25 Falcon on Jan. 24, 2013. The HU-25 Falcon has been the...
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