Coast Guard offloads $3.5 million cocaine shipment, transfers 3 smugglers to...
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Farallon offload 300 pounds of cocaine Jan. 29, 2014, at Coast Guard Base San Juan, following an at-sea interdiction approximately 60 nautical miles off the...
View Article**MULTIMEDIA RELEASE** Coast Guard honors life, service of fallen shipmate
The Honorable Alejandro Majorkas, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses honored guests, family, friends and shipmates present during the memorial ceremony for Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis...
View ArticleCoast Guard medically evacuates sick mariner
NEW YORK - The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 42-year-old man from a New Bedford, Mass., fishing vessel approximately 75 miles south east of the New York Harbor, Thursday.Watchstanders at Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard receives application from City of Salem, Ore. to construct...
SEATTLE — The 13th Coast Guard District received an application from the City of Salem, Ore., Jan. 30, 2014, proposing the construction of a pedestrian/bicycle bridge across the Willamette Slough...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local emergency crews respond to truck falling through ice near...
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Coast Guard and representatives from local emergency response agencies responded to the scene of a truck that fell through the ice, Friday morning, near Catawba Island in western...
View ArticlePHOTO: Wisconsin Coast Guard station earns prestigious award for excellence
Capt. Matthew Sibley (left), commander of Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, poses with crew members from Coast Guard Station Milwaukee after presenting the unit with the Sumner I. Kimball Award for...
View ArticleMEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to conduct ice breaking operations in the...
WHO: Coast Guard Cutter Chock, a 65-foor Small Harbor Tug WHAT: Conducting ice breaking operation in the Chesapeake Bay WHEN: Saturday at 9 a.m. WHERE: Coast Guard Yard, 2401 Hawkins Point Rd.,...
View ArticleCoast Guard responding to report of tar balls along Delaware River
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of tar balls along the Delaware River Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia received a report Friday from...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman convicted in court martial in Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guardsman charged with committing indecent acts with a child under the age of 16 and making a false official statement to federal law enforcement officers was convicted on...
View ArticleTexas-based Coast Guard unit and school recognized for 4 years of Partnership...
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City and Kohfeldt Elementary School are recognized for Sustained Excellence in Coast Guard Partnership in Education at a ceremony at the elementary school...
View ArticleCoast Guard investigators, inspectors respond to vessel
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Coast Guard investigators and inspectors are responding to a container vessel that lost propulsion near Berth 35 in Oakland, Calif., Friday. At approximately 8:45 a.m., the Coast...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, Alaska, moves to JBER
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, cut the ceremonial ribbon during a ceremony on Joint...
View ArticleCoast Guard assesses the condition of a 221-foot MV Commander after grounding...
The 221-foot MV Commander successfully refloated and anchored in the vicinity of Protestant Cay Feb. 1, 2014, after the cargo ship grounded on Round Reef just outside Christiansted Harbor Jan. 31,...
View ArticleCoast Guard seeking public's help in locating owner of adrift kayak
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard is seeking the public's assistance after receiving a report of an unmanned overturned adrift blue kayak offshore approximately three miles northwest of Honolua Bay, Maui,...
View ArticleCoast Guard searching for missing diver southeast of New Providence Island,...
MIAMI — A search-and-rescue crew aboard a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., is searching for a diver three nautical miles southeast of New Providence, Bahamas, Sunday morning....
View ArticleCoast Guard ends search for missing diver southeast of New Providence, Bahamas
MIAMI — The Coast Guard ended search-and-rescue attempts for a missing diver southeast of New Providence, Bahamas, Sunday afternoon. The search was ended following a report from the Royal Bahamian...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Diligence headed back from patrol
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The crew aboard the Wilmington-based Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is scheduled to return to homeport on Tuesday following a 49-day patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of...
View ArticleMan and boy located adrift after being swept out to sea in South Pacific
Editor's note: For a high resolution map, click on the thumbnail above. APRA HARBOR, Guam — A man and a young boy are safe after their 14-foot skiff was swept out to sea near an atoll in the South...
View ArticleCoast Guard helicopters trains aboard the Navy’s newest warship
The crews aboard the USS Somerset and Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Aviation Training Center in Mobile worked together to complete joint ship/helicopter training and qualifications...
View ArticleCoast Guard warning residents of upcoming vessel transit on Pere Marquette...
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard is alerting residents, particularly ice fishermen, snowmobilers and other recreational users of Pere Marquette Lake, of ice-breaking activities scheduled to...
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