Coast Guard warns of unsafe ice conditions due to increasingly warm weather
DULUTH, Minn. — U.S. Coast Guard Station Duluth is issuing a warning Thursday that increasingly warm temperatures will greatly increase the possibility of weakened ice in the area. The combination of...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Eagle departs for spring training deployment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew aboard the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart Friday, with Coast Guard officer candidates for a 17-day training deployment. Due to current budget...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard overflight images of winter storm flooding in...
Streets are flooded in Ocean City, N.J., Thursday, March 7, 2013, after a winter storm passed through the area. The photos was taken by a Coast Guard crewmember aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from...
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FEATURE RELEASE: Coast Guard Station Yankeetown - Day in the life
Photos and feature story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, 7th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Detachment Central The residents of Yankteetown, Fla., sleep soundly on an uncharacteristically...
View ArticleLiberia Maritime Authority visits Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Savannah is hosting four members of the Liberia Maritime Authority as part of the Coast Guard-sponsored International Port Security program, intended to...
View ArticleCoast Guard warns of warming temps, unsafe ice conditions in northern...
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie is issuing a warning Thursday that warmer temperatures this week and upcoming weekend will greatly increase the possibility of weakened...
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VIDEO UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing men off Eastern Shore
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard suspended the search Thursday for two men missing approximately 15 miles east of Assateague Island, Md. Rescued was Patrick Small of New Bern, N.C. Missing are Steven...
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VIDEO UPDATE: Coast Guard medevacs man from cargo ship 200 miles east of...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man Wednesday from the 780-foot cargo ship Horizon Trader approximately 200 miles east of the Chesapeake Bay. A ship's representative...
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VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues two from sailboat 25 miles east of Cape...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two men Wednesday after their sailboat, the Andante II, became disabled approximately 25 miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C., at 5:34 p.m. Rescued were Jim...
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VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, NJ, trains in heavy...
Click on the image to view the video The crew of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, N.J., conducts offshore surf and heavy weather training, Thursday, March 7, 2013, as 10-16 foot ocean swells and...
View Article46-year-old man rescued by Coast Guard near Venice, Fla.
VENICE, Fla. — A 46-year-old man was medically evacuated by Coast Guard helicopter crewmembers after suffering from chest pains aboard a 48-foot fishing vessel, 100 miles west of here, Thursday. A...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to sunken towing vessel in Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is supervising the salvage and pollution response operations of a sunken towing vessel in the Mississippi River at Mile Marker 161.5 near New Orleans, Thursday. Coast...
View ArticleCoast Guard Station Point Judith loses power during an electrical surge,...
BOSTON – Rescue crews at Coast Guard Station Point Judith, R.I., remain on duty despite losing all electrical power at the main station building and the lighthouse. During adverse weather conditions...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard responds to sunken towing vessel in Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is continuing to respond to a sunken towing vessel in the Mississippi River near St. James, Friday. Mckinney Salvage and Heavy Lift are scheduled to arrive on scene...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Eagle departs for spring training deployment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart Friday, with Coast Guard officer candidates for a 17-day training deployment. Due to current budget reductions, Eagle will not...
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UPDATE/PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard seeking public help to gather information...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Coast Guard is looking for any information on the man seen in this picture, taken by a surveillance camera at Charleston City Marina Feb. 22, 2013. Coast Guard investigators...
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VIDEO UPDATE: Coast Guard, Virginia Port Authority conclude 7th annual search...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and the Virginia Port Authority concluded the 7th annual search and rescue forum Friday in Hampton. The event focused on increasing first responders' teamwork and...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews medevac injured fisherman near St. Paul, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward deployed to St. Paul Island, medevaced a fisherman who suffered a hand injury from a fishing vessel near the island Friday. The...
View ArticleMaritime Security Response Team detachment returns home from counter-piracy...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – A Chesapeake-based advanced interdiction team from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team returned home, today, from a five-month counter-piracy deployment to the Middle...
View Article1 dead, 5 rescued from surf after sailboat accident
SAN DIEGO — One person is dead and five others were rescued by a San Diego-based Coast Guard aircrew, Saturday, after their boat drifted into the surf and broke apart near San Clemente Island, Calif.,...
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