Coast Guard rescues four and dog from grounded vessel near San Mateo
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard hoisted four people and a dog from their stranded vessel when it ran aground in an area between the San Mateo and the Dumbarton Bridges Saturday. The Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for missing man near Half Moon Bay, Calif.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard and other emergency response agencies are searching for a 22 year-old man reported missing in the waters around Half Moon Bay near Pillar Point. The man, wearing a...
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**PHOTO AVAILABLE** Coast Guard rescues two with help from Carnival Cruise ship
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click on thumbnail for high resolution image. MIAMI – A Coast Guard helicopter crew with assistance from the cruise ship Carnival Breeze, safely medically evacuated two men 15 miles...
View ArticleCoast Guard and partner agencies continue search for missing man
MIAMI — Coast Guard crewmembers continue the search for Mark Polaschek, 49, who was reported missing after not returning to Manatee Bay Friday. Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a report of...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard, state, local agencies to conduct maritime...
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard along with state and local responders are scheduled to conduct a maritime emergency response exercise Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to noon, on the Severn River near Annapolis....
View ArticleFamily rescued while kayaking near Maui
HONOLULU — A group of kayakers was rescued by the Coast Guard when weather took a turn for the worst approximately three miles off the coast of Wailea, Maui, Saturday. Coast Guard Station Maui was...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs toddler from Unalaska, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, medevaced a toddler and her mother from Unalaska to Cold Bay Monday. The 18-month-old girl...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies rescue 2 near Marco Island, Fla., due to heavy...
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Two people were rescued by Coast Guard crewmembers and Collier County Sheriff's Department members from a 37-foot sailing vessel after they became disabled in heavy seas 13 miles...
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**Multimedia Release** Coast Guard opens new OPBAT hangar in Great Inagua
EDITORS NOTE: Click on image below for video Rear Adm. William D. Baumgartner, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, speaks in the opening ceremony for the new OPBAT (Operation Bahamas, Turks and...
View ArticleCoast Guard announces notice of proposed rulemaking for TWIC reader requirements
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday the Federal Register's publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled "Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) - Reader...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard, state, local agencies postpone maritime emergency...
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard along with state and local responders are postponing a maritime emergency response exercise scheduled for Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to noon, on the Severn River near...
View ArticleCoast Guard, CBP rescue, repatriate 75 Haitian migrants after failed...
MIAMI — The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward safely repatriated 75 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, after four suspected Dominican smugglers failed to smuggle them from the...
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PHOTOs: Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw assists lakers stuck in ice
The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, a 240-foot icebreaker homeported in Cheboygan, Mich., works to free the motor vessel James R. Barker in the vicinity of the Johnson Point Turn in the lower St. Marys...
View ArticleHead of Coast Guard on Great Lakes speaks at Border Management Summit
CLEVELAND — Representatives from the Coast Guard along with fellow federal, state and international partners met at a two-day border management summit held in Detroit, Monday and Tuesday. Agencies...
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MIAMI - A Coast Guard Station Miami boatcrew rescued a man who had fallen in the water from his vessel approximately four miles southwest of Key Biscayne, Fla., Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Miami...
View ArticleCoast Guard finds missing man's body
MIAMI — The body of a man, who went missing on Friday, was positively identified by a medical examiner with Monroe County in Marathon, Fla., Wednesday. Crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard Air Station...
View ArticleCORRECTION: Coast Guard, AMVER vessels respond to distressed catamaran 500...
CORRECTION: Coast Guard is responding Wednesday, not Monday as initially release. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is responding to a distressed vessel with nine people aboard approximately 500 miles...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard stands down response to catamaran 500 miles southeast of...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is standing down their response to a vessel with nine people aboard approximately 500 miles southeast of Bermuda, Wednesday. Coast Guard 5th District watchstanders...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 15 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island repatriated 15 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Monday. Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders received a report from a good...
View ArticleVice President to speak at CGA's 132nd commencement
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 132nd Commencement exercises May 22. The ceremony is scheduled to begin...
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