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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard interdicts $17 million of cocaine from go-fast...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click on thumbnails for high resolution imagery. MIAMI — The Coast Guard intercepted 1,400 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of more than $17 million from a go-fast...
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New Coast Guard aircraft assisting in long-range search for missing Canadian...
BOSTON - The Coast Guard is searching for five missing fishermen after communication was lost with them approximately 50 miles south...
View ArticleCoast Guard emergency response expert shares experiences, lessons with...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Students and faculty in Savannah State University’s Homeland Security and Emergency Response Program had a unique opportunity to engage with an expert in the field of Coast Guard...
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Video Release: Coast Guard rescues boater near Port Graham, Alaska
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak rescues a stranded boater from the beach Feb. 18, 2013, near Port Graham, Alaska. The boater's 12-foot skiff became swamped in 28...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs ailing crewman
SAN DIEGO — An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego airlifted a possible heart attack victim from a ship 50 miles southwest of San Diego, Tuesday afternoon. The crew of the USNS Waters...
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Coast Guard begins work to establish temporary channel to reopen Hatteras to...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard began work Tuesday placing temporary aids to navigation that is necessary to open a substitute route for the Hatteras to Ocracoke ferry. Coast Guard Aids to...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs fisherman near St. Paul, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to St. Paul Island medevaced a fisherman with circulatory complications from a fishing vessel 60 miles southwest of the...
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Media Advisory: New York, New Jersey based Coast Guard harbor tugs celebrate...
Who: Coast Guard 65-foot harbor tugs Hawser and Line, homeported in Bayonne, N.J., and Wire, homeported in Saugerties, N.Y.What: Three Coast Guard tugs, Hawser, Line and Wire celebrate their 50th...
View Article2 chemical tankers collide in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — Two inbound chemical tankers collided, Wednesday, approximately 70 miles south of Galveston, causing some internal damage to one of the tankers. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for missing mariner off NC coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for a man Wednesday who reportedly fell overboard from a merchant vessel approximately 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The master of the 478-foot...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 31 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus repatriated 31 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic Monday, following an at-sea interdiction Saturday by Caribbean Border Interagency...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Navy, local agencies search for Navy sailor
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard, Navy, Ocean Safety and Honolulu Fire Department are searching for a Navy sailor near Kaena Point, Oahu, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu was notified that a...
View ArticleSingapore-Based Shipping Company to Pay $2.2 Million for Covering up Oil...
Pacific International Lines, a Singapore-based container ship company, was sentenced today in D.C. federal court under the terms of a plea agreement that requires the company to pay $2.2 million in...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Bruckenthal Hall Dedication
About Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal – Hometown: Smithtown, N.Y. Born: July 17, 1979 Died: April 24, 2004 Location of death: near Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal off the coast of Basra, Iraq...
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Video Release: Coast Guard rescues two near Coupeville, Wash., Monday
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., hoists a man from an 18-foot vessel battling 40-knot winds and five to eight-foot swells in Penn Cove, Wash., Monday, Feb. 25,...
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Coast Guard units keeping up with ice conditions in Northeast (video and...
BOSTON - The 2013 icebreaking continues for Coast Guard units throughout the Northeast. Coast Guard units from New...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Coast Guard to honor servicemember killed in Iraq
What: Coast Guardsmen will remember Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal, who was killed April 24, 2004, during combat operations off the coast of Iraq, by dedicating a building in his name at...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for 4 near Monterey Bay, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Coast Guard suspended the search at 9:30 a.m. for four people who reported abandoning their 29-foot sailboat approximately 65 miles off the coast of Monterey, Calif., Sunday....
View Article**Media Availability**Coast Guard to recognize Florida Highway Patrol officer
Local media are invited to attend. To RSVP, please contact Lt. j.g. Jay Hagwood at (305) 292-8806. MIAMI — A Florida Highway Patrol officer will be presented with the Meritorious Public Service Award...
View ArticleUPDATE/MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Search suspended for possible missing boaters near...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Coast Guardsmen will be available for interviews about the search and suspension from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, 4200 Ocean Street, Atlantic...
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