Coast Guard searches for missing Turkish crewman in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 26-year-old Turkish crewmember approximately 230 miles south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning. The second mate was last...
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Coast Guard Honors World War II veteran
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – A 92-year-old World War II veteran was honored for his service and was presented with campaign service medals, the World War II Victory Medal, and read a letter from President...
View ArticlePortsmouth-based Coast Guard cutter returns home after $56 million drug bust...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth-based Coast Guard cutter and crew returned to their homeport Wednesday following a two-month counterdrug patrol in the Caribbean Sea where the crew seized more than two...
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PHOTO: Coast Guard Reserve, active-duty rescue crews respond to boat fire on...
A boatcrew from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 309, from Port Clinton, Ohio, responds to a boat fire in West Harbor on Lake Erie, Oct. 17, 2012. The boatcrew responded to the call for help within five...
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Photo Release: Students learn fire prevention from Coast Guard in Kodiak, Alaska
Abbey Raymer, age 10, a student at Peterson Elementary School, climbs out of the cab of a Coast Guard Fire and Rescue fire truck at Base Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. Like Abbey, all of...
View ArticleCoast Guard Exchange re-opens in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. - The Coast Guard Exchange at Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile re-opened following a six-month renovation project Wednesday.The exchange re-opened at 10 a.m., following a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for overdue kayaker near Suwannee, Fla.
SUWANNEE, Fla. — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 9 p.m., Wednesday for an overdue kayaker who departed from near the Suwannee River Oct. 9. Missing is James F. McDonald, 46. Florida Fish and...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs diver near Kodiak, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak medevaced a diver from a 48-foot fishing vessel in Alitak Bay near the south end of Kodiak Island Monday. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard initiates enforcement action following investigation into summer...
DETROIT — Coast Guard Sector Detroit initiated administrative enforcement action Tuesday against the operating company of the visiting cruise ship Yorktown and a licensed mariner following an...
View ArticleCoast Guard encourages safe boating practices, vigilance during World Series...
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard reminds boaters the importance of safe boating during the World Series games in San Francisco, Wednesday and Thursday. Boaters who plan to gather in McCovey Cove during...
View ArticleVIDEO UPDATE: Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 51 miles east of...
UPDATE: Click here to view video of the hoist. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old woman from a cruise ship approximately 51 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., Tuesday....
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for man overboard near Skagway, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a man who reportedly fell overboard from a 45-foot fishing vessel in the vicinity of Skagway Tuesday. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to report of sheen on Monongahela River
PITTSBURGH — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a sheen on the Monogahela River following a vessel and barge grounding Tuesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received a...
View ArticleUpdate: Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard near Skagway, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 62-year-old man who fell overboard from the fishing vessel Darlin’ Michelle in the vicinity of Skagway Tuesday. The Coast Guard’s search...
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Coast Guard/Navy Team stop $7-million cocaine shipment
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based U. S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked and the crew of USS Curts (FFG-38) stopped a fishing vessel carrying approximately 627 pounds of cocaine in the...
View ArticleCoast Guard sets Port Condition X-RAY for Miami, Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI -- Effective 2 p.m. Wednesday, Captain of the Port (COTP), Capt. Chris Scraba, increased port conditions for the Port of Miami and Port Everglades to X-RAY, due to the expectation that gale...
View ArticleInternational maritime officers to visit Training Center Cape May
CAPE MAY, N.J. – International military officers from 28 different countries will be visiting Coast Guard Training Center Cape May as part of the Coast Guard’s International Maritime Officer Course...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs unconscious boater off Hattaras Inlet, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 64-year-old man from a 25-foot recreational boat approximately 30 miles east of Hatteras Inlet, N.C., Wednesday. Coast Guard watchstanders at Station...
View ArticleAdverse weather expected along Ga., and S.C., coastline, swimmers urged to...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard Sector Charleston is strongly urging boaters and swimmers to stay off and out of ocean waters along the Ga., and S.C., coastlines until the expected Hurricane Sandy has...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 84 miles east of Cape May, NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old woman from a cruise ship approximately 84 miles east of Cape May Wednesday. Personnel aboard the Eurodam, a 937-foot cruise ship,...
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