 MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island repatriated 93 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Thursday and has transfered four suspected smugglers to Customs and Border Protection officials.
The Coast Guard Cutter Drummond interdicted a go-fast boat carrying 14 migrants and two suspected smugglers 57 miles south of Key West, Fla., [...]
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Coast Guard Repatriates 93 Cubans, Arrests 4 Smugglers
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Lee Nora Fontneau
 MIAMI – The Coast Guard suspended its search at noon for the 42 year-old woman from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after Coast Guard and the Bahamian Air Sea Rescue Association (BASRA) crews spent three days searching more than 700 square miles of ocean 90 miles east of Miami.
Lee Nora Fontneau was reported to have fallen off [...]
7th Coast Guard District Stays Busy Over Independence Day
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard rescue crews and coordinators were at work over the July Fourth holiday facilitating or assisting in the rescue of 41 people, which included 11 children, in a 24-hour-period in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Coast Guard rescue crews, with the help of local and state inter-agency partners across three states, conducted [...]
Coast Guard Works for Maritime Security During MLB All-Star Events
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with the San Francisco Police Department, will enforce security zones inside McCovey Cove/China Basin and around the perimeter of Pier 30-32 during MLB All-Star events at the following times:
McCovey Cove/China Basin: 4:00 pm on Saturday, July 7th through 11:59 pm on Tuesday, July [...]
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER
 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for the operator of a 20-foot pleasure craft reported overdue near Perquimans River, N.C., Wednesday night.
Coast Guard crews are searching for Roger Turner, Jr, after his vessel was located unoccupied this morning in a marshy area near the mouth of the Perquimans river.
The vessel’s other occupant, his [...]
Coast Guard rescues missing kayaker
Coast Guard rescues missing kayaker
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – A joint-agency search effort resulted in the rescue of a kayaker here this morning.
Coast Guard Station Chincoteague, Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., the Virginia Marine Resource Commission and the Virginia State Police searched through Wednesday night for Tom Moorhead, 42, a native of College Park Md.
Coast Guard Station [...]
New Jersey Coast Guard has busy Fourth of July
 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey-based Coast Guard units had an active Fourth of July holiday, including several medevac cases and the rescue of eight boaters whose boat ran aground in Baltimore.
An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City hoisted a 20-year-old female Tuesday evening who was having difficulty breathing [...]