Jul 30, 2023 · NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a distress call from the sailing vessel Eagle. The vessel reported they had run aground and were taking on water. A Coast […]

Jun 30, 2023 · ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. Cmdr. Lee Crusius relieved Cmdr. Matthew Kolodica as Alert’s commanding officer. Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, presided over the …

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two people who jumped from a sinking commercial fishing vessel Thursday approximately five miles from Engelhard, North Carolina, in the Pamlico Sound. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received notification at approximately 2 a.m. from the 35-foot fishing vessel, Heathers Breeze, …

Jul 17, 2023 · A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130J Hercules aircrew transports FN200 fire suppression bottles to Guam on Nov. 9, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir) SANTA RITA, Guam — Guam is home to three 154-foot fast response cutters commissioned in 2021.

Jul 14, 2023 · ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Karen Kutkiewicz relieved Cmdr. Cory Riesterer as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625) during a change of command ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. Capt. Kristen Serumgard, chief of Operational Forces of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony. Kutkiewicz […]

Jan 31, 2023 · ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Jan. 24 after a 58-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Alert crew conducted counter-narcotics operations off the Central America coast. They transited more than 11,000 miles, boarded two vessels, which resulted in detaining three suspects and over 4,000 […]

Nov 22, 2022 · MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ crew repatriated 185 Cubans to Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis’ crew alerted District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Nov. 14, at approximately 8 a.m., about 30 miles northeast of Sagua la Grande, Cuba. A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of […]

Jul 14, 2023 · BOSTON – Mariners should be vigilant on the water this weekend throughout New England due to recent and forecasted regional flooding, which poses increased waterway hazards. The Coast Guard began issuing safety marine information broadcasts and broadcast notice to mariners to warn of increased dangers via VHF-FM channel 16, …

Jul 21, 2023 · Law enforcement personnel watch a presentation during a multi-agency maritime security exercise Wednesday, July 19 in Port Lavaca, Texas. (Courtesy Photo) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard and federal, state, and local agency partners conducted a maritime security exercise in Port Lavaca, Texas, Wednesday.

Dec 27, 2022 · MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. and Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge crew’s repatriated 143 Cubans to Cuba, Tuesday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast. A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Wednesday, at approximately 8 a.m., about 23 miles south of Big Pine Key. A Custom and Border Protection Air and Marine […]