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Coast Guard identifies oil seepage on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
Response crews dig trenches and place sorbent boom to collect oil seepage. U.S. Coast Guard photos. TEXAS CITY, Texas — The Coast Guard, state and local officials are responding to an area of oil...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard commissions Puerto Rico's first fast response...
Crew members man the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon for the first time after its commissioning and salute symbolizing they have officially manned their stations, at a commissioning ceremony in...
View ArticleUPDATE 2: 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. All passengers...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 3 people from the water between Egmont Key...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued three people from the water between Egmont Key and Passage Key, Florida, Saturday. At 8:40 p.m. watchstanders from Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard, VMRC, others search for missing teen in water off Cape Charles
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard, along with state and local agencies, are searching Sunday for a missing 15 year old off Cape Charles.Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders received a call...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard tall ship to visit Philadelphia, media rides...
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, "America's Tall Ship," is scheduled to arrive in Philadelphia Thursday. Media members are invited to sail aboard the Eagle as it transits up the Delaware...
View ArticleCoast Guard Director of Operational Logistics to change command in Portsmouth
WHO: Rear Adm. James M. Heinz, Rear Adm. Thomas W. Jones WHAT: U.S. Coast Guard Director of Operational Logistics change-of-command ceremony WHERE: Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd.,...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local police apprehend intoxicated boaters in New York
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard apprehended an intoxicated boater Saturday near Montauk Inlet, New York. At approximately 9:00 p.m. a boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Montauk conducted a safety boarding...
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Coast Guard rescues 65-year-old woman from sailboat near Round Island,...
A 35-foot sailing vessel is aground near Round Island in the Straits of Mackinac while a crew from Coast Guard Station St. Ignace and a commercial salvage crew attempt to maneuver in close, June 23,...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 3 stranded jet skiers near Wildwood, NJ
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard rescued three stranded jet skiers Tuesday near Wildwood, New Jersey. The three individuals left Schooner Island Marina on two jet skis Monday around 3 p.m. and were...
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*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** New Commanding Officer at the helm of Coast Guard...
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Juniper is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Thursday in Newport, R.I. WHO: Lt. Cmdr. John M. Singletary will be relieving Cmdr. A. Brian Caudle as the...
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UPDATE - Video: Coast Guard rescues 65-year-old woman from sailboat near...
Petty Officer Third Class Nick Trimpe, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, prepares to assist the skipper off of a grounded sailing vessel and onto a nearby beach on Round...
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***IMAGERY RELEASE*** Coast Guard conducts hoist training in Cape Cod Bay
BOSTON - Rescue swimmers and aircrewmen from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts conduct hoist training evolutions June 23, 2015. The MH-60 Jawhawk Helicopter pilots steadied the aircraft...
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Coast Guard participates in Operation Dry Water
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Coast Guard Station New York is scheduled to participate in Operation Dry Water (ODW) June 26-28, 2015, as part of a nationally coordinated effort to reduce the number of...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs woman from Anderson Island near Cordova, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old woman from Anderson Island in Sheep Bay near Cordova, Alaska, Wednesday morning. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local law enforcement to launch Operation Dry Water
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard, local and state law enforcement officers across the United States will be on heightened alert for those violating boating under the influence laws during the annual...
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coast Guard Marine Safety Paducah transfers command
PADUCAH, Ky. — Cmdr. Mark Sawyer relieved Capt. Rob McLellan as Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah in an official change-of-command ceremony, Tuesday. McLellan assumed...
View ArticleCutter Diligence back on Thursday, prepares for change of command July 9
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is scheduled to return to its homeport in Wilmington Thursday, following a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. During this patrol,...
View ArticleCoast Guard: pointing lasers at responders is dangerous and illegal
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Coast Guard is warning the public that pointing handheld lasers at Coast Guard boat and aircrews is dangerous and illegal. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Panama City...
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America's Tall Ship, Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, to visit Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to arrive Thursday at Penn’s Landing at approximately 4 p.m. as part of the 2015 cadet summer training deployment. The Eagle will be open...
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