TAMPA, Fla. – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Cortez rescued two people from beneath Tampa Bay’s Sunshine Skyway bridge, Friday, after a 16-foot pleasure craft became partially submerged.
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Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman
BOSTON — A Coast Guard jet and helicopter and five fishing boats are searching for a man who fell overboard from a fishing boat between 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m., Friday about 125 miles east of Truro, Mass.
Missing catamaran operator located
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard has stopped the search for the operator of an unmanned catamaran that was found capsized Wednesday.
Vice Adm. John Currier briefs reporters on USCG Potomac River training exercise
WASHINGTON-Vice Adm. John Currier, Coast Guard Chief of Staff, briefs reporters on a training exercise that occurred on the Potomac River Sept. 11, 2009. Many news organizations, including CNN, reported that the exercise was a possible terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Pentagon.
U.S. Coast Guard Video by Telfair H. Brown Sr.
Coast Guard requests public assistance in locating missing Bokeelia man
FORT MEYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Lee County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Robert Lemon, a resident of Bookelia, Fla.
Coast Guard completes summer search and rescue season; significant increases noted
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard in Northern New England noted a significant increase in the number of search and rescue cases compared to the past few years.
Coast Guard denies media reports of gunfire on the Potomac River
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has reported that reports in the media of shots being fired on the Potomac River were based on overheard radio calls made over a training frequency and that no shots were fired during a training exercie.