Lake Erie Coast Guard has busy Thursday morning with rescues, assists
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard crews from Lake Erie units rescued and assisted several boaters during three search-and-rescue cases Thursday morning. The names and hometowns of the rescued are not being...
View ArticleCoast Guard, police search for missing fisherman off Texas City Dike
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard and Texas City Police Department are searching for a 25-year-old man who was overtaken by a large wave while fishing in the vicinity of Mosquito Island, off the Texas City...
View ArticleCoast Guard releases accident investigation report into 2009 parasailing...
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard Thursday released the final report on the investigation of the parasailing accident involving the small passenger vessel Tied High off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.,...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 13 Cuban migrants
The Coast Guard repatriated 13 migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Key West command center watchstanders received a report of suspected migrants aboard an unseaworthy...
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PHOTOs: Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw crew holds dockside team-building...
Contractors work on sandblasting the starboard side of Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw May 30, 2013 at the ship's homeport of Cheboygan, Mich. The sandblasting was done to prepare the cutter for an...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard, others offer commercial fishing drill conductor...
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard, in partnership with the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, Oregon Crab Commission, Oregon Sea Grant and Englund Marine, will offer a two-day commercial...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to stranded boater on Catalina Island
LOS ANGELES – A Coast Guard helicopter crew recued a woman stranded on Catalina Island at 1:30pm, May 30, 2013. Search and rescue watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, located in...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies recover body of missing man off Port Aransas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Thursday the Coast Guard and partner agencies located the man that fell off the Port Street fishing pier in Port Aransas. The preliminary investigation is consistent with an...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues stranded mariner near Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska—A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a stranded mariner from the shore of St. James Bay, near Juneau Friday. The aircrew located the man on a beach,...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Coast Guard seeks public comment on navigation for proposed...
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to host two public meetings seeking input from the public regarding impacts to navigation as a result of the proposed project that includes construction of...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man, 2 deceased after boat incident on Yeopim River
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man and two others were declared deceased Friday after a boat reportedly ran aground on the Yeopim River near Elizabeth City, N.C. Washington County 911...
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Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay, Calif., to be renamed Sector Humboldt Bay
Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay, the Coast Guard command responsible for operations from the California-Oregon border south to the Mendocino-Sonoma county line, was renamed Coast Guard Sector Humboldt...
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VIDEO UPDATE: Coast Guard medevacs man, 2 deceased after boat incident on...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man and two others were declared deceased Friday after a boat reportedly ran aground on the Yeopim River near Elizabeth City, N.C. Washington County 911...
View ArticleMichigan Coast Guard station has busy night, rescuing 6 boaters, assisting 3
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard boatcrews rescued six boaters and assisted three during two separate boat fires Friday night. The names and hometowns of those assisted and rescued are not being released, and...
View ArticleGreat Lakes Coast Guard crew issues boating-under-the-influence ticket on...
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard law enforcement team issued a boating-under-the-influence ticket late Friday following a boarding when the vessel operator was found to be intoxicated. The Coast Guard is not...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Jefferson County STAR Team rescue 3 on Black River; NY State...
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued three people aboard a vessel that was taking on water in the Black River near Sackets Harbor, N.Y., and issued the operator a boating-under-the-influence ticket....
View ArticleNews release: Coast Guard, Department of Ecology and Gig Harbor Fire...
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, Washington State Department of Ecology and Gig Harbor Fire Department are responding Saturday to a diesel fuel spill in Gig Harbor, Wash. The owner of a pleasure craft...
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One Hundred Years of the Alki Lighthouse
Rear Adm. Keith Taylor, commander of the 13th Coast Guard District, commemorates the Alki Point Lighthouse in West Seattle during a ceremony to celebrate its 100th anniversary June 1, 2013. While Alki...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard urges swimmers to remain vigilant and safe
MIAMI — The Seventh Coast Guard District has received reports of two missing swimmers so far this weekend and urges everyone to take necessary safety precautions before and while swimming. Click here...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to fire, oil leak aboard cargo vessel in Valdez, Alaska
VALDEZ, Alaska—The Coast Guard is monitoring the cargo ship BBC Arizona at the Valdez Container Terminal following a fire involving oil leaking from the ship’s containers Friday. The ship’s crew...
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