Emergency Responders take part in Exercise
A boat crew deploys boom during a prep exercise in Cleveland. Emergency responders from across Ohio gathered in Cleveland this week to participate in a preparedness response exercise. (Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Contra Costa Sheriffs rescue 2 from overturned watercraft
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and the Contra Costa County Sherriff's Office rescued three adults from two disabled personal watercrafts near the Pittsburg Marina Tuesday evening.At 8:41 p.m....
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard, partners enforce security zone for U.S. Open
Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Gulden, a boatswain’s mate with Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 in Seattle, marks security zone waypoints into an onboard GPS chart plotter, after...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 32 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber repatriated 32 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. This repatriation is a result of four separate migrant...
View ArticleNew Captain takes charge of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England
BOSTON — Capt. Michael A. Baroody assumed the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England from Capt. Brian S. Gilda during a change of command...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds after cruise ship hits St. Lawrence Seaway lock wall
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard is responding to a 286-foot cruise ship that hit a wall in the Eisenhower Lock in the Saint Lawrence Seaway in Massena, New York, Thursday night. The vessel remains in the...
View ArticleCoast Guard investigates cause of sunken fishing vessel near Martha's Vineyard
BOSTON - The Coast Guard is investigating the sinking of the fishing vessel Robert C that occurred near Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Monday.At 12:08 p.m. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England's...
View ArticleGreat Texas 300 catamaran race starts with 2 Coast Guard rescues on the 1st day
An Air Station Corpus Christi rescue swimmer is deployed for two rescues in the Gulf of Mexico and audio of a distress call from one of the mariners on VHF-16. U.S. Coast Guard video. CORPUS CHRISTI,...
View ArticleCoast Guard MEDEVACS American south of Ensenada, Mexico
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 66-year-old man from a recreational vessel approximately 40 miles south of Ensenada, Mexico, Thursday. At approximately 3:45 p.m., Thursday,...
View ArticleCoast Guard Sector Jacksonville hosts change of command ceremony
Editor's note: for high resolution images, click the thumbnails above. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville held a change of command ceremony, in Mayport, Fla.,...
View ArticleUPDATE 1: Coast Guard responds after cruise ship hits St. Lawrence Seaway...
CLEVELAND - The Coast Guard is continuing to respond Friday to a 286-foot cruise ship that hit a concrete wall in the Eisenhower Lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway in Massena, New York. Thursday night,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard oversees oil spill in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard continues to oversee a response to an oil spill Friday at CP Crane Generating Station in Baltimore. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from the...
View ArticlePHOTO: Coast Guard rescues four persons from sinking vessel off of Manitowoc,...
A 31-foot vessel sinks in Lake Michigan about five miles off of Manitowoc, Wis., June 19, 2015. A Coast Guard crew from Station Two Rivers, training in the area, arrived on scene aboard a 45-foot...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues swimmer stranded on Kissing Rock in Oregon
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued a swimmer stranded on Kissing Rock near Gold Beach, Oregon, Friday.An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, Oregon, hoisted the...
View ArticleCoast Guard Searching for Male Kayaker Near Gaviota State Beach
SAN PEDRO, Calif. - The Coast Guard is searching for 57-year-old male kayaker, Ronald Webber, of Solvang, Calif., after he was reported missing Friday. The individual was onboard a 10-foot sit-on-top...
View ArticleCoast Guard Rescues Missing Kayaker 10 Miles Offshore
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard rescued an overdue kayaker from the water approximately 10 miles off the coast of Gaviota State Beach, Calif., early Saturday morning at about 3:30 a.m. Coast Guard...
View ArticleFEATURE STORY: Coast Guard fathers: Things I’d like to pass on to my kids
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala There are many things a father wishes to pass on to his children. Sometimes it’s his good looks or his straight teeth, or maybe it’s his love of cars...
View ArticleVIDEO, PHOTO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs man 46 miles off Ocean City, Md.
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Ocean City, Md., along with local paramedics prepare to get underway in response to a man in distress Friday, June 19, 2015. The 58-year-old man was medevaced from...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to submerged vessel in Oyster Cove Marina
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a submerged vessel in Oyster Cove Marina Saturday. At 12:05 a.m. Saturday, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report from a good...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs woman from charter boat near Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 53-year-old woman from a 39-foot charter boat near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Saturday. At 1:20 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard Station St....
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