Coast Guard stops illegal fishing; releases endangered sea turtle and 5 sharks
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An endangered sea turtle and five sharks were released back to the ocean late Sunday night after the Coast Guard spotted Mexicans fishing illegally in U.S. waters, approximately 1...
View ArticleRescue underway for mariner in distress in Pacific
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, and a ship registered with the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System, are responding to a mariner in distress aboard a sailing vessel approximately 443 miles...
View ArticleUPDATE: Mariner rescued near Christmas Island
HONOLULU — A mariner in distress was rescued by a container vessel in the North Pacific at 9 p.m. Monday. The crew aboard the container vessel Kota Wangi rescued a 58-year-old Australian mariner...
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Coast Guard crews search for missing boater near Key West, Fla.
MIAMI - The Coast Guard received a distress alert from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered to a 39-foot Trimaran called 3/4 Time 30 miles north of Key West, Fla., early Tuesday....
View ArticleCORRECTION: Coast Guard participates in 22nd annual marine firefighting...
WHO: The Coast Guard, the Virginia Port Authority and the Virginia Maritime Association. WHAT: The media is invited to the Thursday session, which involves shipboard firefighting training scenarios...
View ArticleCORRECTION: Coast Guard, partner agencies search for overdue kayaker in...
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a male kayaker reported overdue on Lake Frederick near Naval Air Station Pensacola, Tuesday. Missing is Joseph Kane, 21,...
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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous to hold change-of-command...
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The 44-year-old Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May at 10 a.m. Cmdr. Gregory H. Magee will...
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Coast Guard awards Silver Life Saving Medal to U.S. Border Patrol agent in...
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - Rear Adm. William Bill Baumgartner, commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District, pins the Silver Lifesaving Medal on U.S. Border Patrol Agent Javier M. López, during a...
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PHOTO: Coast Guard assists 2 boaters aboard sinking vessel in Lake Erie
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, work to tie a vessel to the dock May 29, 2013 at Catawba Island Club in Port Clinton, Ohio. The crew was dispatched to the vessel when it was...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues man who reportedly jumped into Straits of Mackinac
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued one man out of the water Wednesday morning in the Straits of Mackinac.The name and hometown of the individual are not being released, and there is no Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for missing man off Port Aransas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard along with Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services and police department are searching for a male that fell off the Port Street fishing pier in Port Aransas...
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Photo Release: Seattle-area Coast Guardsmen conduct boating safety checks.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Backman and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ahmed Sanura, both machinery technicians with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, board a vessel to perform a safety inspection near...
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Seattle-area Coast Guardsmen stress safety at start of boating season
By Petty Officers 2nd Class George Degener and Zac Crawford SEATTLE — As the weather changes and the Pacific Northwest transitions into the warmer months of spring and summer, more than half a million...
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Coast Guard seeks comment for new regulated navigation area in Oahu
Editor's note: for high resolution images click the thumbnails above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking public comment on a proposal of a permanent regulated navigation area, enforcement of which...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard conducts helicopter hoist operations with cadets...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted hoist training with Coast Guard cadets in the Pasquotank River, Wednesday. Cadets were given the opportunity to get in the water and have Petty Officer 3rd...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 4 from Back River near Poquoson, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from the Back River Wednesday after a 12-foot sailboat overturned near Poquoson. A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for missing 21 year-old male on Lake Ponchartrain
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard has suspended their search for a missing 21-year-old man in Lake Ponchartrain Thursday. Missing is Ksanwy Chavez. Watchstanders at 8th Coast Guard District Command Center...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod to hold change of command...
BOURNE, Mass. — Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday June 2, 2013. WHO: Rear Adm. Daniel Abel, commander of the First Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 11 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., watchstanders received a report from a...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma to hold change of command ceremony
KITTERY, Maine — The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. WHO: Cmdr. Michael A. Hudson,...
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