PHOTO: Cleveland-area Coast Guardsmen, civilian employees receive public...
Thomas Moe (standing, far right), director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services, and Capt. John Bingaman (standing, far left), chief of staff of the 9th Coast Guard District, pose for a picture...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists boaters near Seward, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard responded to a call for assistance from the crew of a disabled boat in Resurrection Bay near Seward Friday. A small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Mustang towed...
View ArticlePHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket changes command in St....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Lt. Ryan Waitt relieved Lt. Andrew S. Dunlevy, former commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket, during a change of command ceremony at Sector St....
View Article**PHOTO RELEASE** Aircrew medically evacuates boater 80 miles offshore
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., medically evacuated a boater after he began experiencing life-threatening medical complications aboard his vessel...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges public not to make hoax distress calls
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard is calling attention to the dangers and risks of hoax distress calls after launching multiple air and boatcrews from three states during an extensive five-and-a-half...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 3 boaters from vessel taking on water in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued three people in Lake Erie off of a boat taking on water Saturday afternoon. The names and hometowns of the rescued are not being released, and there is no Coast...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues kayaker in Lake Michigan
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued one person from Lake Michigan who was stranded in a kayak Saturday morning. The name and hometown of the rescued are not being released, and there is no Coast Guard...
View ArticleNew Haven-based Coast Guard hosts Open House event
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, in New Haven, Conn., hosted their annual Open House today. In preparation for National Safe Boating Week, which runs from May 18 to May 24, Sector Long...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews save 2 on Lake St. Clair
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued two people in Lake St. Clair off of a vessel beset by weather Sunday morning. The names and hometowns of the rescued are not being released, and there is no Coast...
View ArticleOne dead after fishing boat capsizes
NEW YORK – One crewmember is reported deceased, and one crewmember was rescued when their commercial fishing vessel capsized in Shinnecock Inlet, N.Y. today. At approximately 2 p.m. a Coast Guard...
View ArticlePHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Station Annapolis Md., hosts open house
BALTIMORE — The crew of Coast Guard Station Annapolis hosted an open house at the station Saturday in an effort to educate the community on safe boating practices. Crews from the Anne Arundel County...
View Article4 people rescued by Coast Guard crew, partner agency, good Samaritan near...
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Four people were rescued by a Coast Guard crew, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and a good Samaritan after the 21-foot boat they were aboard capsized near Clearwater Pass, Sunday....
View ArticleCoast Guard, AMVER rescue 4 sailors 350 miles southeast of Cape Cod (video...
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan crew rescued four sailors approximately 350 miles southeast of Cape Cod, Mass., at approximately 9:30 p.m., Sunday. Watchstanders from the 1st Coast Guard...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment to host open house,...
ILWACO, Wash. — The Coast Guard invites the public to attend an open house and blood drive at Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Saturday, May 18, 2013, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Station Cape...
View ArticleCoast Guard Museum recognized for excellence in Yankee Magazine's "Best of...
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Museum has been recognized as a 2013 "Best of New England - Editor’s Choice" winner in Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England. This designation is...
View ArticleCGA to add Men's and Women's LAX in Spring 2015
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Division of Athletics announced today that it will elevate the men’s and women’s club lacrosse teams to varsity status, effective with the 2014-15...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard releases 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics Report
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics Monday, revealing that boating fatalities that year totaled 651, the lowest number of boating fatalities on record....
View ArticlePHOTOs: Cleveland-based Coast Guard cutter lifted from water for drydock,...
A shipyard worker at the Great Lakes Shipyard, in Cleveland, walks past the stern of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, as it is lifted from the...
View ArticleCoast Guard schedules hearing for Kulluk grounding in Anchorage, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard formal marine casualty investigation hearing is scheduled for May 20 at noon, at the Anchorage Loussac Library, Assembly Hall Chambers, to investigate the...
View Article3 rescued by Coast Guard crews near Andros Island, Bahamas
ANDROS ISLAND, Bahamas — Three people were rescued by Coast Guard crews approximately 25 miles west of Andros Island, Monday. A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter...
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