Coast Guard searching for missing mariner between Long Beach and Catalina Island
SAN PEDRO, Calif.- The Coast Guard is searching for John Hull, a 65 year-old man, after he was reported missing by his daughter late Tuesday. Hull was onboard his 15-foot sailboat, the Panda II, and...
View ArticleUPDATE 2: Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman 43 miles south of Montauk
MONTAUK, N.Y. - The Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman approximately 43 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., today.John Aldridge, a crewmember of the commercial fishing vessel Anna Mary, was found after...
View ArticlePHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, partner agencies conduct K-9 training
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Hartman, from Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco, and his dog, Evy, conduct training at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday,...
View ArticleMULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman
MONTAUK, N.Y. - The Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman approximately 43 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., today. John Aldridge, a crewmember of the commercial fishing vessel Anna Mary, was found after...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard participates in SS Eastland memorial in Chicago River
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brennen Coles (left) and Seaman Nicholas Konopka of Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor place a bouquet of flowers in the Chicago River during a ceremony marking the 98th...
View ArticleNews Release: Handheld radio saves lost kayaker
SEATTLE—The Coast Guard rescues a kayaker who used a handheld radio to call for help after becoming disoriented from the fog in Rosario Strait near Cypress Island, Wash., today. Sector Puget Sound...
View ArticleCoast Guard locates 2 overdue men near Bay St. Louis
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard located two men who were reported overdue near Bay St. Louis, Miss., Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gulfport, Miss., received a call of an overdue...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews rescue overboard lobsterman
VIDEO 1 OF THE HELICOPTER RESCUE ADDITIONAL VIDEO OF HELICOPTER RESCUE PHOTOS OF FAMILY REACTION PHOTOS OF SEARCH EFFORT IN MONTAUK, N.Y. PHOTOS OF RETURN TO AIR STATION CAPE COD Coast Guard crews...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs plane crash survivors on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, Klawock Search and Rescue and commercial air services responded to a crashed aircraft near Lake Galea on Prince of Wales...
View ArticleCapt. Richard Sanders assumes role as Director of the Center for Maritime...
Capt. Richard W. Sanders, Ph.D., a member of the Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and professor of chemistry, has been named Director of the Center for Maritime...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews medevac passengers from 2 cruise ships near Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews medevaced injured passengers from two separate cruise ships in Southeast Alaska and Canadian waters Wednesday and Thursday. A helicopter...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 23 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated 23 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. This repatriation is a result of two separate interdiction cases....
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 2 after boat capsizes in Little Creek Basin near Virginia...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two men Thursday after their 16-foot boat capsized in the Little Creek Basin near Virginia Beach. Navy personnel spotted a capsized boat with two people in...
View ArticleOff-duty Coast Guardsman, hotel staff save life of drowning boy
APRA HARBOR, Guam — An off-duty Coast Guardsman helped staff attendants at a hotel pool save the life of an 11-year old Japanese boy, Thursday. 14th Coast Guard District Command Master Chief...
View ArticleCoast Guard monitoring tug, barge following grounding near Cordova, Alaska
VALDEZ, Alaska — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit personnel responded Wednesday afternoon to a 77-foot integrated tug and barge grounded on the Gulf of Alaska coast, 60 miles southeast of Cordova,...
View ArticleMaritime Security Committee discusses security in San Diego Harbor
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Area Maritime Security Committee met to conduct a port-level maritime homeland security exercise Wednesday at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Office in Sorrento Valley....
View ArticleLifeguards at Demarest Lloyd State park find wind-surfing board, request...
BOSTON- The Coast Guard is requesting the public's assistance in locating the owner or operator of a wind-surfing that came ashore on the beach at approximately 1:00 p.m. Thursday, at Demarest Lloyd...
View ArticleCoast Guard medically evacuates sailor from vessel north of Vinalhaven, Maine
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 79-year-old man from the sailing vessel Elusive who was suffering from possible fractured ribs at 12:41 a.m. Friday, approximately a half-mile...
View ArticleCoast Guard welcomes new officer-in-charge in Emerald Isle, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle held a change-of-command ceremony Friday at the station in Emerald Isle, N.C. During the ceremony, Chief Petty Officer Matthew Wolanzyk...
View ArticleCoast Guard investigates barge allision near Mason Inlet, NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is investigating a barge allision Friday that happened in the intracoastal waterway (ICW) near Mason Inlet, N.C. A crewmember aboard the tug Betty Jo contacted Coast...
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