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Coast Guard Urges Mariners to Prepare for Tropical Depression 15
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - With the approach of Tropical Depression 15, possibly becoming a tropical storm, to Puerto Rico, the maritime community and boating public are strongly urged to monitor its progress and take early action to protect themselves and their vessels.
Coast Guard teams up with CBP to interdict five migrants
SAN DIEGO — Five Mexican migrants were apprehended this afternoon by Coast Guard officers and Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat.
At 9:26 a.m., the Coast Guard received a report from CBP officials of suspicious activity aboard a red speedboat headed northbound into U.S. waters, about a quarter-mile off shore.
Portion of Charleston Harbor to be renamed after retired Coast Guard officer
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A segment of the Charleston Harbor will be renamed after the late Rear Adm. Richard E. Bennis Jr. Tuesday at 11 a.m.
The renamed portion of Charleston Harbor will be called Bennis Reach, which was formerly known as the Shutes-Folly Reach. The grass roots effort to honor Bennis was led by Councilman Gary Santos, the port manager for Inchcape Shipping Services in Charleston, and included Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., and Mount Pleasant Mayor Harry M. Hallman Jr.
Coast Guard suspends search for man in Patuxent River
BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard is suspending its search for a missing man in the Patuxent River Monday.
Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., and Station Oxford Md., continued searches throughout the night and into the morning. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., conducted a first light search.
San Diego Coast Guard Rescues Two off Coronado Islands
SAN DIEGO - Two people were taken off their vessel tonight by the Coast Guard after it drifted dangerously neared the rocks of North Coronado Island.
A friend of the two people on board called in a report to the Sector San Diego operations center by cell phone at 6:30 p.m. that they were adrift south of Imperial Beach, about five miles off shore, with no power, anchor, or propulsion.
Coast Guard Auxiliary rescues 2 from Biscayne Bay
MIAMI - The Coast Guard Auxiliary rescued two men from the water near their partially-submerged vessel Sunday at approximately 7:15 p.m. two miles east of Black Point Marina in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Coast Guard searching for missing man in Patuxent River
BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard is searching for a missing man in the Patuxent River after a boating accident Sunday.
Four people were ejected from a 35-foot cigarette boat after reportedly striking a sand bar in the vicinity of Point Patient.
14 Year Old Medevaced from Cruise Ship South of Ambrose Channel
NEW YORK- A 14-year-old boy was medevaced from a cruise ship 35 miles southeast of Ambrose Channel around 12:30 a.m. today.
The boy was medevaced from the cruise ship Norwegian Spirit after complaining of severe abdominal pain and high fever. The captain of the vessel requested Coast Guard assistance via phone and the Coast Guard flight surgeon determined a medevac by small boat was necessary.