Portsmouth-based master chief named as new Coast Guard top enlisted member
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard announced Thursday the selection of the new master chief petty officer of the service who is currently based in Portsmouth. Master Chief Petty Officer Steven W....
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Correction: Coast Guard responding to barge on fire off Bahamas
** Correction: There are seven people aboard the tug Patriarch, which is updated from the original report of eleven. MIAMI - Search and rescue coordinators at the District Seven Command Center in...
View ArticleCoast Guard, partners offer commercial fishing drill conductor courses on...
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, Oregon Crab Commission and Oregon Sea Grant will offer three two-day commercial fishing drill...
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PHOTO: Stranded dog rescued by crew of Detroit-based Coast Guard cutter...
Jodi Benchich (right), owner of the lost dog rescued by the Coast Guard on Monday, and Michelle Heyza, founder of A Rejoyceful Rescue, are all smiles during their time with KC at Wilson Veterinary...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for 35-year-old fisherman off Alabama coast
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a missing crewman from the fishing vessel AC III, 58 miles south of Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday evening. Benjamin Sorrells, 35, reportedly was...
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Update: Coast Guard continues monitoring container barge fire
Fire fighting efforts began early Friday for a container barge that is on fire off the coast of the Bahamas. U.S. Coast Guard photo. MIAMI - The Coast Guard is monitoring the fire aboard a 730-foot...
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Portsmouth-based crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba to return from...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Portsmouth-based Coast Guard Cutter Forward is scheduled to return to homeport on Sunday following a 63-day patrol aboard Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba in support of...
View Article**MEDIA AVAILABILITY** Coast Guard to commission Key West’s second fast...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending the commissioning ceremony are asked to RSVP with Lt. j.g. Peter Bermont at Coast Guard Sector Key West at 516-498-7705 no later than 4 p.m., Friday....
View ArticleUPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing fisherman off Alabama coast
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues its search for a missing crewman from the fishing vessel AC III 58 miles south of Mobile Bay, Ala., Friday. Missing is Benjamin Sorrells, 35, who was reportedly...
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IMAGERY RELEASE: Emergency response agencies participate in mass rescue exercise
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard, San Diego Lifeguards and numerous other emergency response and health services agencies participated in a mass rescue exercise near Mission Bay, Wednesday and...
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PHOTOs: Coast Guard supports NOAA, gathers Great Lakes ice depth data
Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Gendron of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit drills into frozen Lake Erie to gather ice depth measurements in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
View ArticleCoast Guard responding after vessel allides with Memorial Bridge
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is responding after the 600-foot tanker vessel Sea Pride allided with the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H., at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday. The Malta-flagged vessel was...
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4 men thrown overboard near Miami, found alive
MIAMI - Four fishermen who were thrown overboard from their vessel are alive Saturday morning after spending more than 10 hours of hours in the water. Two men were rescued by a good Samaritan, one man...
View ArticleUPDATE 2: Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman off Alabama coast
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended its search for Benjamin Sorrells, crewman from the fishing vessel AC III, Saturday. Sorrells, 35, was reportedly leaning over the side when he slipped...
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Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants
Four Cuban migrants were interdicted from rustic vessel 23-miles southeast of Vaca Key, Fla., Tuesday. MIAMI - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket repatriated 10 Cuban migrants to...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman gets 6 years confinement, dishonorable discharge for sexual...
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guardsman was convicted and sentenced Friday during a general court-martial held in Norfolk, Va. Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher C. Bush, 28, was sentenced to six years...
View ArticleCoast Guard crew intercepts 110 pounds of illegally caught fish
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island intercepted a Mexican lancha carrying approximately 110 pounds of fish illegally caught in U.S. waters, Friday. A Coast...
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**MULTIMEDIA RELEASE** Coast Guard commissions second Key West-based Fast...
Editor's note: Click on image below for video Lt. Kevin Connell, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton and James Sexton, son of Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Sexton, talk before...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs 93-year-old man from cruise ship in Chesapeake Bay
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 93-year-old man Sunday from a cruise ship in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The crew of the Grandeur of the Seas, a 915-foot cruise ship, contacted Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues snowmobilers in Saginaw Bay near Bay City
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard rescued two men after their snowmobiles crashed through the ice about a mile offshore on Saginaw Bay near Bay City, Mich., Saturday night. The names are not being released,...
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