Coast Guard crews rescue 2 sailors west of Silver Strand
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard crews rescued two recreational sailors nearly two miles west of Silver Strand State Beach after their 12-foot sailboat capsized, Friday. The 418-foot Coast Guard Cutter Waesche...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies respond to report of overturned boat with 6...
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local agencies responded to a report of an overturned 25-foot boat with six people aboard approximately two miles south of Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Md.,...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges boaters to avoid waterways with potential flooding
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard cautioned boaters that the river systems in Western Michigan's coastal communities, including the Pere Marquette, White, Grand, Macatawa, and Kalamazoo...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 3 near Smith Point in Reedville, Va.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued three boaters approximately six miles northeast of Smith Point in Reedville, Va., Saturday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Command Center...
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UPDATE: PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, local agencies rescue 4, recover 2 from...
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local agencies rescued four people and recovered the bodies of two from an overturned 25-foot boat approximately two miles south of Point Lookout State Park in...
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CORRECTION: PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Western River Flood Punt Team supports...
CHICAGO — The U.S. Coast Guard Western River Flood Punt Team is supporting the Forest View, Ill. Fire Department and other local agencies responding to floods caused by heavy rains throughout the past...
View ArticleUnified Command determines no structural threat to Marseilles Dam
MARSEILLES, Ill. — A Unified Command of U.S. Coast Guard and the Ingram Barge Company representatives announced Saturday that the Marseilles Dam is structurally sound after seven barges broke loose...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews, Manatee County Sheriff's department continue search for...
SARASOTA, Fla. — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Cortez and Manatee County Sheriffs Department are searching for a five-year-old boy who went missing near Longboat Pass, Saturday.Manatee County...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard sets safety zone on Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has opened southbound traffic on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., today. The Coast Guard set a safety zone on the Mississippi river from MM 436 to MM 415 due...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard reinstates tuition assistance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced that tuition assistance is reinstated for the remainder of fiscal 2013 but with revised eligibility requirements.The Coast Guard revised eligibility...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 32 Cuban migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber repatriated 32 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Thursday, who were interdicted in three different cases since April 12. The first...
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PHOTO: Coast Guard Station Michigan City receives Kimball Award for excellence
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Michigan City, Ind., display the Sumner I. Kimball Award for excellence, April 22, 2013. Capt. Matthew Sibley, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Lake...
View ArticleCoast Guard, harbor police assist stranded boaters
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard and Oceanside Harbor Police assisted two Orange County boaters to shore after their 26-foot boat became disabled and adrift approximately 31 miles west of Oceanside,...
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Feature Story: Search and rescue tech. Oceania
A human silhouette is outlined by the light of a cell phone, as theatre patrons shift their attention towards the disturbance. The user’s eyes scan messaging with expression of concern, reading of a...
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Closer inspection of Marseilles Dam reveals damaged gates
MARSEILLES, Ill. — A closer inspection Monday of the Marseilles Dam by Unified Command representatives confirmed that damage resulted from seven barges that broke loose from a tow and came to rest...
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PHOTOs: Coast Guard Station Charlevoix accepts new, more capable response boat
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Charlevoix, Mich., prepare to get underway from the station's pier in the new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium delivered April 18, 2013. The 45-foot RB-M will replace...
View ArticleCoast Guard, AMVER vessel search for missing man 1,900 miles east of Cape...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard, along with a vessel from the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System, is searching for a man Tuesday who reportedly fell overboard from the merchant vessel...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard conducts operation seeking public assistance
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard in Maryland and Washington is conducting the 2nd annual Operation Mayday from April 15 to May 15. During the operation, the Coast Guard will visit marinas to inform boaters...
View ArticleCoast Guard searching for 1 near Great Egg Harbor, NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater near Great Egg Harbor Tuesday after the Coast Guard received a distress alert from an emergency position indicating radio...
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PHOTO UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing 32-year-old tow boat...
A life raft from the 45-foot Sea Tow boat Cape Hatteras is shown in the water off New Jersey near Great Egg Harbor Inlet Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The Coast Guard is searching for a boater who was...
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