SAN DIEGO – Eleven Mexican migrants were apprehended Saturday morning by Coast Guard officers as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat.
While on patrol, the crew of a 33-foot Coast Guard Station San Diego vessel encountered the 30-foot recreational vessel El Pescador at 4:50 a.m., about three miles off Point Loma, Calif. [...]
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Coast Guard Interdicts 11 Migrants – Video
Coast Guard and Good Samaritans Save 42 from Bering Sea, Four Dead, One Missing
JUNEAU, Alaska- The Coast Guard and fishing vessel Alaska Warrior have recovered 46 of 47 crewmembers from the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor. Four crewmembers are reported deceased and one missing.
“Saving 42 people in Bering Sea in the winter is an incredible accomplishment,” said Commander Todd Trimpert, Chief Incident Management [...]
Coast Guard Responds To Overdue Boater In Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard located a missing boater today who left from Tangier Island, Va., Saturday and had not returned home.
Rescued was David Pruitt, 56.
At about 1 a.m. today, the Coast Guard Sector in Baltimore, Md., was notified by the Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) that Pruitt was reported overdue by his brother Tommy [...]
Coast Guard medevacs 4 from barge
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced four men from a barge approximately 65 miles south of Sabine Pass, Texas, today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 10:43 a.m. from the captain of a Derrick-Crane Barge, the IOS 800. The captain reported that a break wall onboard the barge had fallen on [...]
Four Dead After Ship Sinks off Alaska’s Dutch Harbor
Juneau, Alaska – Four crew members were confirmed dead after a ship sank off Alaska’s Dutch Harbor, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.
The Seattle-based fishing boat began sinking off Alaska’s Dutch Harbor early Sunday morning, prompting 43 other crew members to abandon the ship, said Coast Guard Lt. Eric Eggan.
The 43 crew members who abandoned [...]