VIDEOs: Local, state, federal agencies hold ice rescue exercise on Lake Erie
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio — More than two dozen local, state and federal agencies participated in Icy Resolve 2013, a mass rescue full-scale exercise at Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, Saturday. Click...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard responds to sunken vessel in Valdez, Alaska
Petty Officer 2nd Class Terry Clark, a pollution responder with Marine Safety Unit Valdez, Alaska, inspects the sunken vessel Revindell II with personnel from the Valdez Harbormaster Office Feb. 9,...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for missing man off Palm Beach coast
MIAMI — Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a missing 40 year-old male who went missing in the water in the vicinity of Singer Island, Fla., Saturday. Around noon Saturday, Coast Guard Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 1, continues escort for Carnival Triumph
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard medevaced a female passenger from the disabled Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday afternoon. A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat — Medium crew medevaced a...
View ArticleCoast Guard completes escort of Carnival Triumph
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard escorted the disabled Carnival Triumph to the Alabama Cruise Ship Terminal in Mobile Thursday evening. The tug vessel Roland Falgout and four assist tugs towed the...
View Article**MULTIMEDIA RELEASE** Coast Guard commissions fourth fast response cutter at...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click on image for high resolution video of commissioning ceremony. The Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered was commissioned Feb. 15, 2013 at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Fla. The cutter...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard Academy names Class of 1953 Fellows for 2013
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has named Dr. Vincent Wilczynski of Old Lyme, Conn., and Professor Patrick Knowles of Waterford, Conn., the Class of 1953 Fellows for the year 2013....
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard continues field exercise on Green Bay
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Gagnon (standing on the ice) and Seaman Jennifer Pender, both from Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich., search for mannequins representing persons in distress during...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues man in canoe near Pavilion Key
MIAMI — A 71-year-old man was rescued from his canoe at approximately midnight by a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew, Thursday near Pavilion Key, Fla. Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues father, son near Tangier Island, Md.
BALTIMORE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued four people from a grounded vessel near Tangier Island, Md., just after midnight Saturday. Watchstanders at...
View ArticleCoast Guard seizes two lanchas illegally fishing in U.S. waters
The crew of a 33-foot small boat returns to Coast Guard Station South Padre Island after capturing a lancha, Feb. 15, 2013. The lancha was captured with approximately 300 pounds of illegally caught...
View Article*Correction* Coast Guard responds to collision near Raccoon Straights
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard is responding to a collision between a Golden Gate Ferry and a 22-foot pleasure craft in the Raccoon Straits that left two people injured today. At approximately 4:30...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 60 miles south of Southwest Pass
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old male passenger aboard a cruise ship approximately 60 miles south of Southwest Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday. Watchstanders at the Coast...
View ArticleCoast Guard to host media availability for marine casualty investigation on...
WASHINGTON — Coast Guard and NTSB members of the marine casualty investigation team for the investigation on the cruise ship Triumph will hold a joint teleconference to discuss their role in the...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to oil spill near Baton Rouge
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil discharge on the Mississippi River near the Interstate 10 bridge in Baton Rouge, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard rescues 2 from ice floe in Saginaw Bay
An ice rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., and two rescued men walk across the ice toward the Coast Guard's Special Purpose Craft-Air and away from their...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 2 from disabled sailboat 17 miles off Oregon Inlet, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday aboard a 43-foot sailboat that was disabled and adrift approximately 17 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C. Crewmembers aboard the Cimarron, a...
View ArticlePHOTO UPDATE: U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB launch investigation on the Carnival...
Image available from DVIDS here WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding a fire aboard the...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Escanaba's crew returns to Boston from patrol
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba retuned to homeport in Boston after a 59-day patrol, Feb. 16, 2013. While on patrol, the Escanaba's crew conducted fisheries enforcement in the 1st District and...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues boater near Port Graham, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak rescued a boater Monday after his skiff was swamped near Port Graham in Southcentral Alaska. The aircrew rescued the man,...
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