Imagery available: Coast Guard medevacs man near Westport, Wash.
Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, and Station Grays Harbor, in Westport, Washington, medevac a man from a charter vessel approximately 12 miles from Westport, April 1, 2015. The vessel...
View ArticleCritically endangered Hawaiian monk seals returned to Northwestern Hawaiian...
For high resolution imagery, click on the thumbnails above. HONOLULU — Two critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi) were successfully returned to Papahānaumokuākea...
View ArticleVideo Release: Coast Guard medevacs ailing cruise ship passenger off NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing passenger Wednesday from a cruise ship approximately 95 miles east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District...
View ArticleUS Coast Guard establishes diver specialty
The Coast Guard diver rating and specialty was established Wednesday. Coast Guard members recognized as DV or DIV were presented a personalized certificate. U.S. Coast Guard image. WASHINGTON – The...
View ArticleCity of Portsmouth renewed as Coast Guard City
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard presented a letter from Adm. Paul Zukunft, Coast Guard commandant, to the Mayor of Portsmouth Thursday, recertifying the city's position as an official Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard announces rebuilding of Ewing Island Reef Danger Daybeacon
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard will commence the reconstruction of Ewing Island Reef Danger Daybeacon during the month of April. The structure will be built by the Coast Guard near the southeastern edge of...
View ArticleCoast Guard updates the regulated navigation in Oregon Inlet to safeguard...
The Coast Guard is adjusting the depth restrictions for the regulated navigation area for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in North Carolina, Thursday. Vessels with a...
View ArticleCoast Guard to medevac sailor missing for 66 days
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is conducting a medevac of a man located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard...
View ArticleAudio Update: Coast Guard medevacs sailor missing for 66 days
AUDIO UPDATE 1: Audio from the first contact in 66 days between Frank Jordan and his son, missing sailor Louis Jordan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. AUDIO UPDATE 2: Audio of Frank Jordan thanking the...
View ArticleCoast Guard terminates 2 voyages for safety in northern Washington
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews operating in Rosario Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca terminated the voyages of two commercial fishing vessels for safety gear concerns in the past 36 hours. Both...
View ArticleU.S. and Canadian navies, U.S. Coast Guard join forces to stop tons of...
More than five-and-a-half tons of narcotics from a coastal freighter interdicted during a joint U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy Eastern Pacific patrol in early March, 2015, lie...
View ArticleMultimedia Update: Coast Guard medevacs sailor missing for more than 60 days
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District...
View ArticleVideo Update: Coast Guard medevacs sailor missing for more than 60 days
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man who was located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies rescue 2 off large ice floe near Presque Isle Park
Members of Coast Guard Station Marquette and Marquette Fire Rescue prepare to bring two men back to shore after the men were stranded on a large ice floe off of Presque Isle Park, April 2, 2015. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard crew medevacs 11-year-old girl with head trauma
MAYPORT, FLA. — The Coast Guard medevaced an 11-year-old girl after she suffered a head injury from a fall aboard a cruise ship, 10 miles east of Mayport, Thursday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard...
View ArticleMedia Availability: Coast Guard helicopter crew to conduct interviews in...
WHO: Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew members WHAT: Interviews regarding their role in Thursday's medevac of Louis Jordan WHERE: Portsmouth Federal Building, 431 Crawford St., Portsmouth, VA...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 58-year-old man from Nantucket
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews from Air Station Cape Cod medically evacuated a 58-year-old man from Nantucket Cottage Hospital Friday. Watchstanders at the 1st District Command Center in Boston,...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman found not guilty of sexual assault
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin R. Angulo, 26, was found not guilty on two specifications (counts) of violating Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 120 - Sexual...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell celebrates 70th Anniversary in...
Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell sits at full dress for its 70th anniversary celebration at its homeport at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore., April 3, 2015. The Bluebell has been continuously...
View ArticleMaine based Coast Guard cutters broke ice to mitigate flood danger ***...
BOSTON – The Coast Guard broke ice this week in the main channel of the Kennebec River from Merrymeeting Bay to Gardiner, Maine. This reduced the risk of ice jam flooding as snow and river ice melt....
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